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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.

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An American Dream: Merion Golf Club Posted on 01 May 2013 in the Maintenance categories.

Though Merion Golf Club is far from an everyday American golf course, some of their practices could be adopted from sea to shining sea.   We hold this truth to Read more»

An Open mind Posted on 01 May 2013 in the Columns categories.

Last month we had Austin Allison on our cover, a young up-and-comer in the industry. ¶ This month we feature Merion Golf Club, site of next month’s U.S. Open, where Read more»

Masters maintenance photo parade pt. 2 Posted on 12 Apr 2013 in the Maintenance categories.

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Masters maintenance photo parade pt. 1 Posted on 12 Apr 2013 in the Maintenance categories.

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A business trip unlike any other Posted on 12 Apr 2013 in the Online Exclusive categories.

Fazio Design’s major year, hints of E-Z-Go’s big summer and a few new connections made at the first major of the year. The trip from Golfdom editorial headquarters in Kansas Read more»

Golf courses not immune to sinkholes Posted on 11 Apr 2013 in the Online Exclusive categories.

[one_third] [/one_third] Just got off the phone with John Soetaert, CGCS at Annbriar Golf Course in Waterloo, Ill. The course made national headlines after a golfer was swallowed by a sinkhole Read more»