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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

Travelogue: Chambers Bay, Tacoma C&GC, Safeco Field Posted on 24 Mar 2015 in the Uncategorized categories.

I was excited to recently make it back to Seattle, my first trip there in maybe 25 years. My trip coincided with one of my favorite holidays — St. Patrick’s Read more»

I’ll remember the Alamo show Posted on 18 Mar 2015 in the Columns & People categories.

I will remember a few things about the 2015 GIS in San Antonio outside of the great food and lousy weather. ¶ I ran into “Turf’s Most Interesting Man,” Bob Read more»

The 19th Hole: Sean Sullivan Posted on 18 Mar 2015 in the People categories.

CGCS // The Briarwood CC, Billings, Mont. Sean, what can I get you? I’ll have a Diet Coke. So you drove from Billings to San Antonio for the GIS this Read more»

OnGolf aims to bring superintendent’s data together Posted on 10 Mar 2015 in the Uncategorized categories.

One of the more interesting meetings I had at the GIS this year was a sit-down with the guys who have formed OnGolf. OnGolf comes with some influential leadership behind Read more»

GIS chapter pub crawl 2015 Posted on 26 Feb 2015 in the Uncategorized categories.

Everyone is raving about the show so far, seems to be a lot of positive energy here in San Antonio! I’m raving about the chapter parties… A lot of good Read more»

With Joe Paterno as my witness Posted on 18 Feb 2015 in the Columns & People categories.

Ohio State versus Oregon: I had no horse in the first-ever College Football Playoff championship game. Still, being a sports fan, I hoped to watch the game among friends, high-calorie Read more»