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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

USA! BASF! Yeah! Posted on 31 Jul 2013 in the Uncategorized categories.

I want to direct your attention to a great thing BASF has done recently for the Wounded Warrior Project. BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals held an Honor America campaign to Read more»

Mario C., Bayer on Twitter and Lolla on my mind Posted on 31 Jul 2013 in the Uncategorized categories.

A little bit of this and that… mostly unrelated to golf… *** It was very cool meeting fellow Kansas Jayhawk (and maker of “the shot”) and two-time NBA champ Mario Read more»

The 19th Hole: Jackson Reiswig Posted on 30 Jul 2013 in the People categories.

Meet Jackson Reiswig, superintendent, Coral Creek Club, Placida, Fla. What are you drinking? A South American Malbec or a Spanish Rioja. I’m trying to class up my post-golf drinking. What’s Read more»

RJ National photo parade Posted on 29 Jul 2013 in the Uncategorized categories.

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The spirit (and soil) of Streamsong Posted on 29 Jul 2013 in the Columns categories.

At Streamsong, superintendent Rusty Mercer manipulates sand from a reclaimed phosphate mine to maintain a 36-hole masterpiece. These 36 holes of golf just don’t belong here. The views are vast, Read more»

The search for Streamsong Posted on 29 Jul 2013 in the Maintenance categories.

These next few trips will have the added time scheduled in so I can sneak down for a round at Streamsong. I’m going to take my bosses with me, and Read more»