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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

Syngenta Business Institute a Hit with Supers Again Posted on 20 Dec 2012 in the Uncategorized categories.

When 25 superintendents from around the country arrived at Wake Forest University for the 4th Annual Syngenta Business Institute, they had no idea just how much they’d get it out Read more»

Seth’s Travelogue: Northwest Golf and Environment meeting, Portland, Ore. Posted on 26 Nov 2012 in the Research categories.

How I ended up on this All-Star bill is anyone’s guess! A report from the Oregon GCSA meeting. By Seth Jones When a trip starts with an explosion, that’s typically Read more»

Remembering Turfgrass Icon Reed Funk Posted on 31 Oct 2012 in the People categories.

Earlier this month Dr. C. Reed Funk, professor emeritus at Rutgers University, passed away following a brief bout of pneumonia. He was 84. Bruce Clark, Ph.D., described Funk in a Read more»

A Rock-Hard Turf Question Posted on 30 Oct 2012 in the People categories.

Being in Dr. Ken Diesburg’s turf classes at the University of Illinois-Urbana can be hard. Rock hard. Hard as concrete. Diesburg says his favorite question to pose to students — Read more»

Slow the Rush to Tall Fescues in the North Posted on 30 Oct 2012 in the Uncategorized categories.

By Curt Harler Whether you are in dry Phoenix where, ironically, rainfall was above normal this year; or in droughty Illinois, where turf suffered through the summer, odds are good Read more»

When it Comes to Email, Less is More Posted on 17 Oct 2012 in the Columns categories.

You may have noticed you’re seeing less clutter in your email inbox from your friends at Golfdom. Well, that’s intentional. It’s not that we don’t want to write to you Read more»