Author Archive
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
Winter desiccation is the death of turfgrass leaves or plants from winter drying. Desiccation occurs most often on open semi-dormant turf exposed to windy low atmospheric humidity conditions. The two Read more»
From the January 2013 issue of Golfdom, readers share their thoughts and feelings on the state of their profession – from feelings on the Obama administration to job satisfaction. Good news, bad Read more»
Eagle One Golf Products (Anaheim, Calif.) announced today that they have acquired Fore-Par (Buena Park, Calif.) Readers might remember back in June, Eagle One Golf was acquired by Canadian company Read more»
When 25 superintendents from around the country arrived at Wake Forest University for the 4th Annual Syngenta Business Institute, they had no idea just how much they’d get it out Read more»
How I ended up on this All-Star bill is anyone’s guess! A report from the Oregon GCSA meeting. By Seth Jones When a trip starts with an explosion, that’s typically Read more»
Earlier this month Dr. C. Reed Funk, professor emeritus at Rutgers University, passed away following a brief bout of pneumonia. He was 84. Bruce Clark, Ph.D., described Funk in a Read more»