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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
Ed Hiscock, longtime industry journalist, reflects on 30 years of reporting on the business of golf maintenance and its people. Read more»
Packed tee boxes amid the pandemic, a labor crisis, an equipment shortage, an unusual winter storm, fall armyworm — nothing is normal in golf maintenance Read more»
Seth Jones chats with Sam Samuelson of WildHawk GC in Sacramento Calif., about his family, his dream concert, his outlook for 2022 and more. Read more»
Golfdom Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones takes a look back at the highs and lows of 2021 and a look forward at what 2022 will bring. Read more»
Discussing November's feature stories about weather disasters and superintendents' worst day on the job, Seth Jones reflects on his toughest days at a job. Read more»
Hear from some attending the Green Start Academy event, which, for the first time in its 15-year history, was hosted at Pinehurst Resort. Read more»