The Golfdom crew and the PBI-Gordon crew took a minute for this photo on No. 9… from left to right, Will Coughlin, Dani McFadden, Ph.D., Callie Zevecke, Jim Cummins and Seth Jones in the back. (Photo: Golfdom staff)
Donovan Maguigan, Springdale GC, Princeton, N.J., Jeff Haas, E-Z-Go and Jones, serving up their regular tradition of bumping into each other at American Majors. (Photo: Golfdom staff)
Chris Gotterup getting some work in on the practice green supporting his USMNT jersey. (Photo: Golfdom staff)
Dan O’Brien, general manager, commercial equipment division and distributor development, The Toro Co., presents Jon Jennings, CGCS, with an award to recognize his decades of service to the golf course maintenance industry. (Photo: Golfdom staff)
Spotted hanging out near the maintenance hospitality tent at Shinnecock Hills are Dan O’Brien, Mike Read and Chris Anderson, The Toro Co., with Golfdom’s Jim Cummins. (Photo: Golfdom staff)
Tom Stylarek, former owner of Nassau Suffolk Turf, with Jones and Ken Lochridge, Glen Head (N.Y.) CC. Lochridge is also the current president of the Long Island GCSA. (Photo: Golfdom staff)
Seth and Will taking a final selfie in front of the iconic Shinnecock Hills Clubhouse.(Photo: Golfdom staff)
Jones with Rhett Evans, CEO, GCSAA. Evans spoke with Jones about his decision to retire next fall, and what his plans are for the future, in an upcoming video interview on GolfdomTV. (Photo: Golfdom staff)
It was a happy Father’s Day week for Brian Thompson, BASF, as he took in the 2026 U.S. Open with his daughter Bella and his wife Barbara. (Photo: Golfdom staff)
Bella Thompson’s 2026 U.S. Open experience was complete once she got this photo with Jake Knapp. (Photo: Golfdom staff)
Jeff Haas, E-Z-Go, Donovan Maguigan, Springdale GC, James Surico, Fiddler’s Elbow CC, Bedminster, N.J., Tom Weinert, Plant Food Co., and Greg Boring, Baltusrol GC, with his sons Cameron and Caiden. Cameron works with his dad at Baltusrol, Caiden is in college. (Photo: Golfdom staff)
The Golfdom crew was getting in some good first-round golf viewing when Scottie Scheffler let a ball leak a little close to the ropes, enabling Jim Cummins to nab this nifty photo. (Photo: Golfdom staff)
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About the Author: 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.
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