India

The blog explains a redesign and platform migration to Hugo/Wowchemy, with the author planning to use the site for personal posts on travel, food, golf, and diet, as well as R programming tutorials for turfgrass science, while testing the setup before migrating the main Asian Turfgrass Center website.

After a two-month competitive hiatus, the author returned to golf in September with a victory featuring two birdies before walking off the course mid-round the following week, finishing the month with a 1-0 record while spending more time botanizing across golf courses in Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, and India than actually playing.

A traveler shares their “vicinal diet” philosophy of eating local foods in their native places, describing recent culinary experiences across Thailand, Vietnam, and India — from Lobster Hot Plate potato chips and Bangkok street food to phở in Hanoi and aloo paratha in New Delhi.

A golfer recounts an eventful November across India, visiting sixteen golf courses but playing only one round—a winning match at the historic Delhi Golf Club—while also navigating wildlife encounters and travels through Tamil Nadu and the Palni Hills.

A golf agronomist travels through India conducting greenkeeper education while celebrating impressive putting feats with birdie dances atop a Mughal tomb and sampling standout local dishes—from a spicy paneer McDonalds wrap to chicken tikka and tandoori gobhi—all potential contenders for his annual Sam Khok Awards honoring the year’s best meals.