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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

Word from around the Golfdom Posted on 19 Aug 2014 in the Columns categories.

July is a pivotal month for many golf courses across the nation. It’s also a month I find myself on the phone a lot. ¶ From my home office in Read more»

The 19th Hole: Chris Ortmeier Posted on 19 Aug 2014 in the People categories.

Superintendent // Champions Golf Club, Houston, Texas Drinks are on me. What are you having A cold beer. I’m not particular. Congrats on the new job! Tell me about it. It’s Read more»

FMC Corp., Arysta LifeScience enter agreement with Xonerate, Disarm Posted on 14 Aug 2014 in the Industry News & Research categories.

FMC Corporation and Arysta LifeScience North America, LLC announced the signing of an exclusive licensing agreement in which FMC will develop and market two key turf and ornamental products, Disarm Read more»

CBS: 36% increase in Sunday PGA Champ viewership Posted on 11 Aug 2014 in the Uncategorized categories.

I wrote on Friday seven reasons why I thought this PGA Championship would be a ratings hit for CBS. This morning, the network released some good news: a 36% increase Read more»

Seven reasons the 2014 PGA Championship will succeed with viewers Posted on 08 Aug 2014 in the Uncategorized categories.

7. Tiger Woods Hey, even if he misses the cut… Tiger Woods attracts viewers to the game. I’m surprised he showed up to play, but I bet the PGA of Read more»

’03 PGA winner Micheel on Valhalla conditions Posted on 07 Aug 2014 in the Uncategorized categories.

I nabbed this interview on Tuesday… just now getting to posting it. Here’s 2003 PGA Championship winner Shaun Micheel on Valhalla’s playing conditions: “The course is in great shape. It’s Read more»