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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

2019 Masters Coverage: Augusta is ‘heaven on earth’ for turfgrass pros Posted on 16 Apr 2019 in the Golfdom TV & Video categories.

In their own words, four superintendents, some at the Masters for the first time and others who have been before, share what drew them to Augusta National Golf Club–and why Read more»

Keeping up with the Jones: A farewell to Dan Jenkins Posted on 15 Apr 2019 in the Columns categories.

Sports journalism, and certainly the great game of golf, lost a legend recently with the passing of World Golf Hall of Famer Dan Jenkins at the age of 90. I’m Read more»

2019 Masters Coverage: Golfdom checks in from Augusta Posted on 13 Apr 2019 in the Home Video & Video categories.

Golfdom Editor-in-chief Seth Jones and Managing Editor Clara Richter talk about their favorite (and least favorite) moments from the week and give their picks for who will don the green Read more»

A tale of two very different Masters days Posted on 12 Apr 2019 in the Uncategorized categories.

My 2019 Masters experience summed up: it was the worst of times, then the best of times. How could any experience at the Masters be ‘the worst of times,’ you Read more»

RTJ2 tells early tales of Augusta National Posted on 12 Apr 2019 in the Columns & Maintenance categories.

Augusta National is a place where golf magic just tends to happen. One of those magical moments happened for me on Wednesday afternoon, hanging out with a group of friends Read more»

2019 Masters coverage: How do you know your golf course is ready to perform? Posted on 12 Apr 2019 in the Golfdom TV & Video categories.

Superintendents at the 2019 Masters Tournament tell GolfdomTV how they know when their golf course has hit peak performance. Though coming from different courses, the four Florida turf pros interviewed Read more»