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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

Seth Jones visits SePro at the 2025 GCSAA Conference and Trade Show Posted on 28 Feb 2025 in the Golfdom TV & Video categories.

Golfdom Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones visits Kyle Briscoe from SePro at the GCSAA Conference and Trade Show to talk about their product Stricore. Read more»

Seth Jones visits Turfco to check out the new CR-20 Topdresser/Material Handler Posted on 21 Feb 2025 in the Video & Golfdom TV categories.

Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones visits Turfco Executive Vice President Scott Kinkead at the 2025 GCSAA Conference and Trade Show to learn about Turfco's new CR-20. Read more»

A preview of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass Posted on 21 Feb 2025 in the Current Issue & Featured & From the Magazine categories.

Jeff Plotts, director of golf course maintenance, says work at TPC Sawgrass to achieve perfection never stops. Read more»

19th Hole: Bob Coffey Posted on 14 Feb 2025 in the 19th Hole & Current Issue & From the Magazine & People categories.

Bob Coffey is the superintendent at Longboat Key (Fla.) Club. Read more»

Longtime turf professional Carmen Magro starts new company, PURE Insight Posted on 14 Feb 2025 in the Current Issue & Featured & From the Magazine categories.

PURE Insight will offer agronomic consultation, a new tool for monitoring conditions and a line of biologically enhanced nutrition products. Read more»

A successful showing from San Diego for the 2025 GCSAA Show Posted on 11 Feb 2025 in the Columns categories.

Seth Jones gives his recap of an action-packed week in San Diego for the 2025 GCSAA Conference and Trade Show. Read more»