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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
My son’s first time at the range Posted on 23 Sep 2015 in the Columns categories.
I was a few days away from my fourth-ever round at Pinehurst No. 2, and I was near rock bottom. If you played golf with me this summer, you know Read more»
The unlikely duo of a Haz-Mat Response company owner and a World Golf Hall of Famer team up to help Wolf Creek members improve their course. Wolf Creek Golf Club, Read more»
Superintendent // Vestavia CC, Birmingham, Ala. After 18 holes of golf, what’s your drink of choice? Water. Well that or a Scuplin IPA. Are you married? Kids? My wife, Sally, Read more»
The October issue of Golf Digest is on my desk, and it dubs itself “The Comedy Issue.” Colin Jost of Saturday Night Live is on the cover. It was interesting Read more»
Last week I had the pleasure of making a quick trip down to Pinehurst Resort, as a guest of the fine folks at BASF. They regularly have groups down to Read more»
In the September issue, which will be in your mailboxes soon, we talk with Tom Watson about a renovation project he helped with at Wolf Creek GC in Olathe, Kan. Read more»