The first World Amateur Team Championship was organized by The R&A at Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland in October 1958.

[4] Pakistan's absence from these major developments compelled its regular golfers to realize that a governing body for the sport should be established.

[3] During the initial years of independence, golf was only played by civil service and military personnel.

[3] Pakistan's first participation in an international competition came in the 1962 Eisenhower Trophy, with the four-member team of Habib, Salimi, M.M.

[5] Following this, two domestic tournaments were established – the National Amateur Golf Championship (NAGC) in 1961, and the Pakistan Open in 1967.

In 1971, he became the youngest player to win the National Amateur Golf Championship at the age of 18, a record that stood for 50 years.

Two years later, he won the individual position at the Asia Amateur Team Championships at Kuala Lumpur.

[2] The Pakistan Open was added as the 11th member of the Asian Golf Circuit in 1989, with plans for it to be held in alternate years.

Pakistan Open returned as part of the 2006 Asian Tour, with Chris Rodgers of England emerging as the winner at the Karachi Golf Club.

[15] Soon afterwards, The R&A pledged an annual grant of 10,000 pounds for the next three years to create a platform for the golf teachers of Pakistan.