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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

Passing the torch Posted on 30 Aug 2017 in the Featured & Maintenance categories.

With only a handful of superintendents in its 112-year history, Topeka Country Club makes another switch… gradually. For the first time since 1979, Leo Pellant was able to take some Read more»

Nice guys get nicknames Posted on 18 Aug 2017 in the Columns categories.

Full disclosure: Back in the early 2000s, one of the guys on the front cover used to boss me around. “Oh, so you’re writing about your friends now, Seth?” Well, Read more»

Digging deep for labor solutions Posted on 18 Aug 2017 in the Columns & Featured & Maintenance categories.

Any of the following five ideas could be the difference between a skeleton crew and a successful crew. There were no new Terminator movies this summer, but Skynet clearly hasn’t Read more»

The 19th Hole: Rick Mooney Posted on 18 Aug 2017 in the 19th Hole categories.

Rick Mooney Superintendent // Whitetail Club, McCall, Idaho What can I get you? Jim Beam and 7 Up. (Cypress Point superintendent) Jeff Markow got me drinking Jim Beam and ginger Read more»

2017 PGA Championship preview Posted on 31 Jul 2017 in the Featured & Maintenance categories.

Quail Hollow Superintendent Keith Wood remembers one of his first experiences with celebrated architect Tom Fazio. It was during the 2015 Wells Fargo Championship, and the two were driving around Read more»

The 19th Hole: Adam Hahn Posted on 26 Jul 2017 in the 19th Hole & Featured categories.

Adam Hahn Superintendent // Woodside Golf Course, Lansing, Mich. What would you like? I’ll stick with Miller Lite. Want a shot of Fireball? Sure. So, tell me about yourself. I’m Read more»