Golfdom edit board member honored

By |  February 25, 2014
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Photo: CGCS

I have to give a big shout-out to Conrad Broussard, CGCS at St. James Plantation in Southport, N.C., for being named Superintendent of the Year for 2013 by Troon. Broussard is a friend, as well as a member of Golfdom‘s Editorial Advisory Board (funny how those things work out) so it brings a smile to my face to see his hard work being recognized.

Here’s a story from Southport, N.C.’s State Port Pilot sharing some of the details of Broussard’s big win. My favorite part is him saying, “I’d probably be bored to tears if I had to go back to just an 18-hole course.” At St. James, Broussard oversees 81 holes of golf.

It’s probably been 10 years now since I visited Broussard and played the Reserve Course. Clearly I need to make a return. While I was there, the Players Course, their third 18-hole course, was being shaped. Still, I got the chance to blast a drive on the future No. 18. Ahh, fond memories.

From all of us at Golfdom, congrats, Conrad!

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About the Author: 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.


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