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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

Luke Yoder interview Posted on 03 Jul 2013 in the Uncategorized categories.

I’m not sure how many Golfdom readers saw this, so I wanted to point it out over here… Our sister publication, Athletic Turf News, did a profile on Luke Yoder, Read more»

Hire 20 golf PR people for only $500? Posted on 02 Jul 2013 in the Uncategorized categories.

If you had 20 golfers spreading the word about your course, encouraging people to come out and play… that’d be a good thing, right? Even better — what if you Read more»

No love for Caddyshack on EW’s top 100 Posted on 28 Jun 2013 in the Uncategorized categories.

The new Entertainment Weekly just hit my mailbox. In this issue, they’ve ranked their top 100 TV shows, albums, novels and movies, of all time. Flipping through their movie category, Read more»

Cleveland rocks (and hip-hops) Posted on 27 Jun 2013 in the Uncategorized categories.

What a week! I’ve been in Cleveland all week, meeting at our corporate headquarters. I get up here two or three times a year, and time always flies. Of course, Read more»

A Decade a Padre Posted on 21 Jun 2013 in the Athletic Turf News categories.

Luke Yoder, director of field operations for the San Diego Padres, looks back at how he got to where he is, and the unique challenges Petco Park provides. It doesn’t Read more»

GCSAA COO Konzem resigns Posted on 19 Jun 2013 in the Industry News & People categories.

Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (CSAA) CEO Rhett Evans today announced that Richard Konzem has made the decision to resign his position as chief operating officer effective immediately. “I Read more»