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About Seth Jones
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
2020 and 2021 Herb Graffis Businessperson of the Year winners, Rick Mooney and John Shaw, CGCS received their awards at the 2022 GCSAA Conference and Show. Read more»
Golfdom Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones describes how events getting cancelled as a result of the pandemic has him cherishing going to them as they return. Read more»
Cory Griess, superintendent of Prairie Dunes CC in Kansas visits the 19th Hole with Seth Jones and tells him about what advice he lives by. Read more»
Chad Thomson, superintendent of Beaver Creek GC in Colorado shares why bears seem to like flag sticks, what he does in the offseason and more. Read more»
Golfdom Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones describes a few weird occurrences that happened around him in December 2021 and speculates on what 2022 will bring. Read more»
After a long wait, Shawn Emerson was inducted into the Anuvia’s Legends Initiative at the 2021 Golfdom Summit in Orlando. Read more»