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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
GCSAA CEO Rhett Evans at the 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Read more»
Dani McFadden, Ph.D., Product Manager at PBI-Gordon, joins Seth Jones at Shinnecock Hills GC during the U.S. Open to discuss exciting new products coming to PBI-Gordon's catalog. Catch this conversation as part of our full U.S. Open coverage, brought to you by PBI-Gordon. Read more»
Lars Horvath, CTO of turfRad, discusses how the course is leveraging turfRad's sensor technology to monitor moisture levels in the turf. Read more»
Golfdom Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones sits down with Dani McFadden, Ph.D., outside the iconic Shinnecock Hills GC clubhouse. Read more»
At Shinnecock Hills, 170 volunteers joined 40 full-time staffers to prepare the course for the U.S. Open. Read more»
All of our content from the 2026 U.S. Open is being brought to you by PBI-Gordon! Read more»