The icing for the EIC: Celebrating a decade at Golfdom

We asked … can you believe Seth made it 10 years?

Seth Jones with Rees Jones. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

Rees Jones, architect, “The Open Doctor,” Montclair, N.J.

“Congratulations on reaching your 10th-anniversary milestone leading Golfdom magazine back into prominence. The Graffis brothers would be so pleased if they could see what you have accomplished for the publication that they founded. I look forward to observing the work you will continue to perform that will lead Golfdom to even greater success.”

Anthony Williams, CGCS, Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club, Irving, Texas

“I probably would still be struggling to write my first article if Seth hadn’t mentored me. He made the trip to the 2017 Byron Nelson, and that was when I had moved from Georgia to Dallas to take over the Four Seasons. He did a great story. Him taking the time to come down and personally be at the tournament and meet my guys and put one of my guys on the cover at 3:00 a.m. getting ready for the tournament to start the next day … Seth is in the trenches. He’s doing all of the stuff that a lot of guys wouldn’t take the time to do, but that’s just Seth. He is 100 percent committed to the industry, to the magazine, to telling great stories.”

Clark Throssell, Ph.D., turfgrass professor and longtime Golfdom research editor, Billings, Mont.

“I’ve known Seth 20 years now. I always liked his positive spirit. Whatever the situation, he seems to be right at home. The same with people. He’s really good with people. With talking to him over the years and reading the interviews he’s done with whom I would think of are very famous people, he seems equally at home with them as he would be with me or anybody else. One other thing about Seth I always really like is he doesn’t take himself too seriously. He has the ability to laugh at himself. He takes his work quite seriously, but he doesn’t take himself so seriously.”

Group Publisher Bill Roddy (left) Craig MacGregor (center) and Jones celebrate the end of a long business trip at a dive bar in Philadelphia. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

Craig MacGregor, Publisher, Golfdom, Cleveland

“I first met Seth when he was in Cleveland from Kansas City for a meeting. I had heard plenty about ‘The Seth Jones’ but had never met or even seen his picture. I came into work and noticed an elderly man sitting in the cube across from me and took the opportunity to introduce myself. After providing his name, I couldn’t stop myself from asking how old he was! This was our first impression of one another and the start of a great work relationship and even better friendship. Seth has made my time at Golfdom a great learning experience, interesting and most of all fun. Seth embodies what Golfdom is. By the way, it turns out I am five years older than him!”

Seth Jones with wife Adrianne and Rick Younger. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

Rick Younger, owner, Rick’s Place, Lawrence, Kan.

“I’ve known him ever since he was going to the University of Kansas. I was a journalism student back in the ’60s. I remember he used to come in, and he would give me his articles. To this day, I still grade them and look at them. The kid writes a run-on sentence like there’s no tomorrow. ‘Where are your commas?’ Seth is just a good cat. I get his magazine every month, and he’s done a really, really, really good job. He’s good with human beings. He’s always been good with human beings.”

Seth Jones interviews GCSAA CEO Rhett Evans for Golfdom TV. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

Rhett Evans, CEO, GCSAA

“Absolutely, I can believe it! Seth has a real passion for the industry, and he certainly appreciates what superintendents do. I would assume having that passion that it’s easy to get up every day and talk about what superintendents are doing day in and day out at golf courses. So, congratulations, Seth, great job, keep up the great work, appreciate it!”

David Hay, CGCS, Mission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, Calif.

“Seth did an article on me back in 2002-2003, back when I was still hosting the Bob Hope event for the PGA Tour. We spent a day and played golf. I got to know him a little bit and really liked him, and we kept in touch. One year, the (Golf Industry) Show was in Florida, he asked to come over to my hotel and talk to me. When he got there, he said, ‘Hey man, I got an offer (to be the Editor-in-Chief of Golfdom) — and I’m just wondering what you might say.’ I told him that I have every bit of confidence if you just do what you do, you’ll be fine. That was 10 years ago — hard to believe it’s been that long. He’s a good kid; every time he’s out this way, he stops by here, in the desert. He’s just like a son to me.”

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