In July 2018, the OWGR announced that the PGTI would receive world ranking points in its own right beginning in 2019.

India's Royal Calcutta Golf Club was founded in 1829 and is usually regarded as the oldest outside the United Kingdom.

Australian and five time British Open champion Peter Thomson used to stop over in India on his way from Australia to Europe, and he won the championship in 1964, 1966 and 1976.

In 1970 the Indian Open became part of the Asia Golf Circuit, the predecessor of the Asian Tour.

In October 2006 a group of leading Indian golfers including Jyoti Randhawa and Gaurav Ghei announced that they were setting up a new tour.

As part of the partnership, the leading player on the PGTI Order of Merit was given status onto the European Tour for the following season.