Golfdom takes home seven TOCA Awards

Golfdom’s hometown of Cleveland got paid a visit by the Turf and Ornamental Communicator’s Association’s (TOCA) Annual Meeting, which honored the magazine with seven different publication awards. 

The golf course management industry’s favorite trade publication took home top honors across design, writing and multimedia, including three first place finishes and four merit awards. Combined with its sister publication, Landscape Management, the two brands took home a collective 19 honors in total, including one prestigious Gardner award. 

“We always strive to put out the best content for our readers, so it’s great to see the hard work of the Golfdom team be recognized by TOCA,” says Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones. “These awards are an affirmation that we’re doing the right things in writing, design and video, which we always hope is elevating our readers to new heights.”

The awards given to the Golfdom team included: 

First Place: 

• Best long video — Zach Reineking, Erin Hills, talks to GolfdomTV before the U.S. Women’s Open, by Seth Jones and Will Coughlin
• Column writing — Finding your robotic mower readiness score, by Benton Hodges
• Product information article — Super solutions, by Seth Jones

Merit: 

• Cover page design — The Hot List, by Pete Seltzer
• Two-plus page design, editorial — Up, up and away!, by Courtney Townsend
• Best long video — Golfdom Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones gives his review of the Polaris Sportsman 570, by Seth Jones, Will Coughlin, Evelyn Jones and Boyd Jones
• Business management writing — Paradise found, by Seth Jones