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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

Green means go: Erb Turf Equipment on call for PGA Championship Posted on 10 Aug 2018 in the Uncategorized categories.

Bruce Kapp is on call. Should any equipment break down at Bellerive CC or if there is a part needed that’s not already on-hand, it’ll be his phone that rings. Read more»

Players talk Bellerive conditions Posted on 08 Aug 2018 in the Uncategorized categories.

Tuesday afternoon we got the chance to (finally) talk to some of the players about how they felt about the way Bellerive was playing… and yes, we also asked them Read more»

To honor their friend, three friends make the trip of a lifetime Posted on 07 Aug 2018 in the Uncategorized categories.

Isaih Arraya, the late son of Carlos Arraya, is only at the PGA Championship in spirit, but his three best friends are here in person to honor him and to Read more»

Jones: Everyone has an opinion when it comes to greens Posted on 07 Aug 2018 in the Uncategorized categories.

“Bellerive’s greens look burnt and patchy” read a headline in yesterday’s e-newsletter from Golf Digest. The title of the email was, “Conditions of Bellerive’s greens brought into focus.” Golf Digest Read more»

Arraya to volunteers: it’s exciting, energizing and historic… but it’s just grass Posted on 07 Aug 2018 in the Uncategorized categories.

Almost 90 volunteers from around the country and yes, around the world (19 states and 6 countries), filled the maintenance hospitality tent on Sunday to hear from the man leading Read more»

2018 PGA Championship preview: A superintendent for the people Posted on 06 Aug 2018 in the Featured & People categories.

Some superintendents love their work because they get to be outdoors, or for the pleasure of seeing the sunrise each morning. Sunrises are nice, but they aren’t what get Carlos Read more»