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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

The 91st Hole: Brad MacDonald Posted on 15 Oct 2015 in the People categories.

Superintendent // Granite Links GC at Quarry Hills, Quincy, Mass. Only Pinehurst Resort has the 91st Hole. What can I get you? Nothing fancy, how about a ginger ale? What’d you Read more»

Golfdom EIC Seth Jones to deliver keynote at VGCSA Fall Conference Posted on 13 Oct 2015 in the Industry News categories.

The 2015 Virginia GCSA Fall Conference and Joe Saylor Golf Tournament takes place next week, Oct. 19-20, at Hermitage CC in Manakin-Sabot, Va. Golfdom Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones will be delivering Read more»

Managing Southern greens? We’ve got questions. Posted on 11 Oct 2015 in the Uncategorized categories.

Christian Baldwin, Ph.D., and Jordan Craft at Mississippi State University are giving a presentation at the inaugural Deep South Turf Expo this month, and they’d love some feedback on how Read more»

Longtime Ohio superintendent killed in car collision Posted on 07 Oct 2015 in the Columns & Industry News categories.

Sad news out of Cincinnati today: Terry Frey, 68, longtime superintendent of Beckett Ridge Golf Club in West Chester, Ohio, was killed when his maintenance vehicle was struck by a Read more»

A good start for Boydee
My son’s first time at the range
Posted on 23 Sep 2015 in the Columns categories.

I was a few days away from my fourth-ever round at Pinehurst No. 2, and I was near rock bottom. If you played golf with me this summer, you know Read more»

Getting by with a little help from friends: Unlikely duo helps Wolf Creek Posted on 23 Sep 2015 in the Course of the Week & Maintenance categories.

The unlikely duo of a Haz-Mat Response company owner and a World Golf Hall of Famer team up to help Wolf Creek members improve their course. Wolf Creek Golf Club, Read more»