ATN visits with Alan Ferguson, head groundskeeper for St. George’s Park, home of 12 soccer fields and most notably the official home of England’s national soccer team. Ferguson discusses the size and scope of the facility, how it came to fruition, and about success they’ve had using a golf greens roller on their fields.
Take the photo tour of St. George’s Park here: https://athleticturf.net/photo-tour-st-georges-park-england/
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.