It all began in 1927, with the founding of a club with the rather unimaginative name of "The New Club Ltd.", at Sewree on reclaimed land belonging to the port trust. The ground was marshy, over grown with weeds, and it was difficult to cut the long grass, so it not have been very difficult for Mr. Carron, the chief engineer, to persuade the trust to sell 100 acres of it for the purpose of golf at a monthly rental of Rs. 150/-, a hundred and fifty. Founder Members paid an entrance fee of about Rs. 100. each, debentures were issued, and with all this money a small club house was built and the land tamed sufficiently to make it functional as a golf course. The new club attracted not only golfers, but also industrialist, who seeing what could be done with the uninviting land, offered higher rents, and the golf course started losing its territory, till it become obvious that the time had come to look further afield.

In 1937, twenty five acres were purchased from St. Antony's Home Co-operative Society for approximately Rs. 37,000/-, An application was lodged with the Government of Bombay Presidency, and the Revenue Minister, none other than Mr. Morarji Desai, sanctioned the lease of eighty eight acres, for ninety nine years, at a price of Rs. 1,200 per acre for the land at the back of the present club house, and two hundred more per acre for the land in front. Mr. McCallum, the President of the club from 1938 to 1940, was the Manager of the Reserve Bank, and he got the architect who had designed the Reserve Bank Building to design the present Club House. All seemed to augur well for the club, which now had the name it still carries, but the War and the introduction of Prohibition were to take their toll. In 1943, a large tract of land to the left of the Club House was requisitioned by the Military authorities to house the Officers and the men of "Combined Operations". The land would de-requisitioned and come back to the club, but Mr. Morarji Desai, by then probably the Chief Minister, passing by on a drive, happened to hear of this, and passed orders for it to be de-requisitioned immediately, and acquired it on behalf of the Government. This became a home for the refugees from Sind, whose descendants are still our neighbors across the wall which was built later. Mr. T.W.Brough, President of the Club from 1948 to 1950 sold the club some more land at much less than the market price, a truly generous act. Had we not been forced to give up the acreage we did, the course would have been able to spread itself out, the length would have been considered truly challenging. On the other hand, we have still managed to come a long way, and we have been holding an increasing number of professional tournaments as well as the Indian Amateur Championships and we do have a lot to be grateful for to the determined band of golfers who put up "The New Club" seven decades ago.

(The material for this note has been taken from an article by the late Mr. D.P. Sethna, a founder Member, who served on the Club committee from 1929 to 1958)