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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

Predicting the weather with AnythingWeather.com Posted on 30 Mar 2017 in the Uncategorized categories.

On Monday and Tuesday at Mission Hills CC, the wind was blowing… hard. It was giving the maintenance team fits, as they scrambled from green to green to make sure Read more»

Meet Jared Taylor, Dinah Shore Championship Course superintendent Posted on 30 Mar 2017 in the Uncategorized categories.

Jared Taylor knows his favorite view on the Dinah Shore Championship Course — it’s from the tee on No. 3. “Best tee shot in the valley,” he proudly proclaims. But Read more»

Remembering the man behind one of the LPGA’s most iconic tournaments Posted on 30 Mar 2017 in the Columns & Featured categories.

For 28 years David Johnson played the role of director of course operations for the 54-hole Mission Hills CC in Rancho Mirage, Calif. For 28 years he hosted the first major Read more»

Turf isn’t the only cutting-edge industry Posted on 15 Mar 2017 in the Columns categories.

In this issue we celebrate some cool new technologies for the turf maintenance business. I mean, check out the Tweel and the Shark Wheel — they look like they came Read more»

In the trenches: Carlos Duran on installing drip irrigation at Shadow Creek Posted on 14 Mar 2017 in the Columns & Featured categories.

While visiting Shadow Creek in Las Vegas, it was Superintendent Tim Cloninger who gave us the tour of the course and showed us the intricacies of the drip irrigation system Read more»

The 19th Hole: Sean Reehoorn Posted on 13 Mar 2017 in the 19th Hole & Featured & People categories.

Sean Reehoorn Superintendent // Aldarra Golf Club, Sammamish, Wash. Sean, what are you drinking? Pendleton on the rocks. Who do you think will win the 2017 PGA Tour Player of Read more»