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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

Tour Guide 2026: The Players Championship Posted on 03 Mar 2026 in the Tour Guide & Course of the Week & Current Issue & From the Magazine categories.

Before this tournament kicks off next week at TPC Sawgrass, meet Lucas Andrews, the course’s new superintendent taking over for longtime legend Jeff Plotts.   Read more»

19th Hole: Nate Maurer Posted on 23 Feb 2026 in the 19th Hole & Golfdom TV categories.

Maurer tells us how he got into the industry, his favorite tools, how he spends his freetime and more in this 19th Hole interview. Read more»

Gilles Galliou, Envu CEO, joins GolfdomTV at the 2026 GCSAA Conference and Trade Show Posted on 23 Feb 2026 in the Golfdom TV categories.

Galliou talks about a busy year for Envu and new things they are looking ahead to. Read more»

Carmen Magro, Ph.D. stopped by the Golfdom Booth at the GCSAA Show to talk about PURE Insight Posted on 23 Feb 2026 in the Golfdom TV categories.

Magro is the CEO and Founder of PURE Insight and gives updates on how their company is progressing in its early stages. Read more»

Ryan Karapas updates us on what is new with Quali-Pro Posted on 23 Feb 2026 in the Golfdom TV categories.

Quali-Pro's Director of Marketing talks about their new product Doxem T&O as well as their Elite Advisory Team and Quali-Pro University. Read more»

Learning about Frost’s ASTRO autonomous sprayer at the 2026 GCSAA Conference and Trade Show Posted on 23 Feb 2026 in the Golfdom TV categories.

Rost details the new machine and gives us the background on how the machine came to market thanks to one of their interns. Read more»