About Seth Jones

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Seth Jones, an 18-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.

Posts by Seth Jones

Cub Cadet demonstrates new cassette system Posted on 18 Apr 2019 in the Features categories.

At the 2019 STMA Show, Cub Cadet‘s Distribution Sales Manager Paul Stephens chats with Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones about Cub Cadet’s cassette system (no, not those kind of cassettes) and demonstrates... Read more»

Echo’s autonomous mower U.S. debut years in the making Posted on 25 Jan 2019 in the Features categories.

Talks of robotic mowers making it to the commercial market have been happening for years, but now it seems the trend, popular in Europe, is crossing the pond  — and... Read more»

First to work, last to leave: head Wimbledon groundskeeper puts in the time Posted on 15 Jun 2018 in the Features categories.

Canadian Grant Cantin was working maintenance at the Lakes Golf Club in Sydney, Australia, when he was offered a summer job working on the crew at the All England Lawn... Read more»

Prepping for the fastest two minutes in sports Posted on 19 Apr 2018 in the Features categories.

Racing fans across the country are gearing up for the Kentucky Derby, “the fastest two minutes in sports,” which takes place May 4th and 5th. For Churchill Downs Superintendent Jamie... Read more»

Portable, temporary mound is a perfect fit Posted on 16 Feb 2018 in the Top Stories categories.

It takes time to achieve perfection, but Bill Lee believes he may have achieved it with a lightweight, portable pitching mound. Lee, the longtime commissioner of the 14-team Frontier League... Read more»