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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

New app makes scheduling and paying caddies easier Posted on 20 Jul 2017 in the Uncategorized categories.

  Ryan Bartels believes he has created the ultimate caddie hack. That’s because Bartels, a 20-year-old junior at Indiana University and part-time caddie, has created Circuit, a new app that Read more»

Fans of flying fescue Posted on 18 Jul 2017 in the Columns categories.

Only at the U.S. Open could cutting down a swath of tall grass be considered a major storyline. Here’s the scene: Big storms blew through Erin Hills on Monday night. Read more»

Where a full house always wins Posted on 17 Jul 2017 in the Featured & Research categories.

Forget the royal flushes, Rhodes Ranch Golf Club in Las Vegas goes all in on a packed tee sheet. Roy Smith, general manager at Rhodes Ranch Golf Club in Las Read more»

Focused on Labor Posted on 07 Jul 2017 in the Featured & Maintenance & People categories.

Superintendents across the country shed light on the biggest problem in golf maintenance — a lack of labor. When he’s not at work, Robert Guerra is comfortable in a cowboy Read more»

The 19th Hole: Mark Semm Posted on 30 Jun 2017 in the 19th Hole & Featured & People categories.

Mark Semm Superintendent // The Clubs of Cordillera Ranch, Boerne, Texas Mark, wait… you went to Iowa State? I transferred (to ISU) in ’96, graduated in ’98. I started out Read more»

Hurdzan happy with results Posted on 20 Jun 2017 in the Uncategorized categories.

On Tuesday of U.S. Open week, the spotlight was just getting ready to shine its brightest on Erin Hills when Golfdom ran into celebrated architect Dr. Col. Mike Hurdzan, ASGCA. Read more»