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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
Last week I was on the road again, this time to a familiar location: Charlotte, N.C. I was invited to speak at Jacobsen’s annual Future Turf Managers event. Every year Read more»
So there I am, having lunch with Tom Watson the Friday before the Masters. ¶ Wait, wait… let me back up. To quote Ron Burgundy, “that escalated quickly.” ¶ I’m Read more»
Two Oregonians bring their fine fescue expertise to Chambers Bay and the 2015 U.S. Open — the first ever to be played in the Pacific Northwest. Mike Davis, USGA Executive Read more»
Superintendent // Sandridge Golf Club, Vero Beach, Fla. After 18 holes, what’s your drink of choice? A Bud Light bottle. Tell me about your crew at Sandridge. We’ve got 36 Read more»
My odyssey of six trips in five weeks came to an end with a trip to Milwaukee last week. The main reason we were in town was for the annual Read more»
I was on the road twice last week, first a trip down south to Wichita to visit with some friends of the magazine, then a trip east to Southern Indiana Read more»