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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

Events and products to look for as GCSAA’s Conference and Trade Show returns to Arizona Posted on 22 Jan 2024 in the Featured & From the Magazine categories.

Hear from supers and GCSAA CEO Rhett Evans about what to look for at the 2024 GCSAA Conference and Trade Show. Read more»

Bob Farren, CGCS, talks the UGSA’s Greenkeeper Apprenticeship Program Posted on 18 Jan 2024 in the Featured & Golfdom TV & Home Video & Video categories.

Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones met up with Bob Farren, CGCS, director of agronomy at Pinehurst (N.C.) Resort, to talk the USGA's Greenkeeper Apprenticeship Program. Read more»

At the Turn: Parker L. Ferren, CGCS Posted on 11 Dec 2023 in the 19th Hole & From the Magazine & People categories.

Ferren talks family, Copperleaf and how he got into the business. Read more»

19th Hole: Matt Dachowski Posted on 04 Dec 2023 in the 19th Hole & Featured & From the Magazine & People categories.

Dachowski shares the strangest thing he's ever seen on the golf course and his all-time golf highlight. Read more»

Architect Gil Hanse returns The Olympic Club’s Lake Course to its original glory Posted on 29 Nov 2023 in the Featured & From the Magazine categories.

The Lake Course will host the 2028 PGA Championship, the 2030 U.S. Women’s Amateur and the 2033 Ryder Cup. Read more»

USGA and Pinehurst Course No. 2 Superintendent John Jeffreys demo the new GS3 Posted on 28 Nov 2023 in the Golfdom TV & Home Video & Video categories.

The GS3 calculates putting green speed, firmness, smoothness and trueness. Read more»