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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
Happy news this weekend from a longtime friend in the industry, one of those guys I’ve known for years (even passed out on his couch once or twice!) Damon Di Read more»
Barely a month after the conclusion of the 2014 Golf Industry Show, at which Keith Ihms accepted the gavel and became the new president of the GCSAA, a surprising announcement Read more»
I had the pleasure of playing some golf last week at Indigo Lakes GC in Daytona Beach, Fla., where Brad Keith is the superintendent. He and his staff are clearly Read more»
Working hard or hardly working? Read more»
My friends over at Sierra Nevada like to shoot a pony keg my way every so often. They’re avid golfers and enjoy checking out the blog and the magazine. So Read more»
Before I get to my regular column, a note about this month’s issue: This issue is our first “Greens Theme” issue. We’ve focused much of our content this month on Read more»