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About Seth Jones
Seth Jones, a 25-year veteran of the golf industry media, is Editor-in-Chief of Golfdom magazine and Athletic Turf. A graduate of the University of Kansas School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Jones began working for Golf Course Management in 1999 as an intern. In his professional career he has won numerous awards, including a Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association (TOCA) first place general feature writing award for his profile of World Golf Hall of Famer Greg Norman and a TOCA first place photography award for his work covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In his career, Jones has accumulated an impressive list of interviews, including such names as George H.W. Bush, Samuel L. Jackson, Lance Armstrong and Charles Barkley. Jones has also done in-depth interviews with such golfing luminaries as Norman, Gary Player, Nick Price and Lorena Ochoa, to name only a few. Jones is a member of both the Golf Writers Association of America and the Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association. Jones can be reached at sjones@northcoastmedia.net.
Posts by Seth Jones
I’ve known Peaks & Prairies (and Idaho GCSA) executive director Lori Russell for years… she likes to remind me that the first time she met me I was in my Read more»
When I was a kid, we drove by a house that looked like it was on fire. Smoke was billowing from under the eaves. My dad turned off on the Read more»
1. Not in Kansas anymore En route to the British Turfgrass Management Expo, Golfdom EIC Seth Jones gets an eyeful of York Minster, one of the finest cathedrals in Europe. Read more»
In honor of the fifth anniversary of the 2011 Golfdom Summit, we invite readers to join us on a written tour of the 2015 event. Six years ago I flew Read more»
We travel across the pond not just for the cask ales, but because we want to see the new stuff now. It was my second trip to the BIGGA Turf Read more»
Superintendent // University of Texas Golf Club, Austin What can I get you? An ice-cold Shiner Bock. A good ol’ Texan beer. Are you married? Got kids? I’m married, a Read more»