Golfdom, December 2016

Keeping up with The Jones POMEGRANATE 5 HOUR ENERGY DRINK AND WATER No matter how polarizing he may be we cant shy away from the news of the day Trump is a multicourse owner hes invested in the game and hes the next president of the United States SETH JONES Editor in Chief Waking up in the land of Trump A bout a month before the election an email went out to all the editors in chief at North Coast Media The email from our editorial director asked What is your plan for covering the outcome of the presidential election words of the day We moved on to industry pundits and that story see page 24 did make it in this issue Not only are we like most of the world talking about Trumps rise to the White House we also immediately made the decision to put him on our cover There was a lot of debate on this decision Was it too soon Will people see it as an endorsement of Trump And so on No matter how polarizing he may be we cant shy away from the news of the day Trump is a multi course owner hes invested in the game and hes the next president of the United States Regardless of anyones political beliefs its a fact that he is the Of the six magazines most had already done some type of story on where the two candidates stood on the respective industries they cover My guess is that most of us EICs assumed it would be Hillary Clinton being sworn into office on Jan 20 2017 The email chain created a little discussion then faded Out of curiosity I went back through my deleted emails and looked at my response to the query In short I wrote If Trump were to win Golfdom would have to cover that as a major news story because hes a multi golf course owner If he loses I think we go on about our day Well here we are Trump new Commander in Chief He is clearly cover worthy This story will continue to evolve and well continue to cover it We asked our readers in a survey out now what they thought about the election results and what they think it means for the industry I guarantee that you will see that story in the next issue of Golfdom We can set aside politics to cover the industry And were confident our readers can set aside their politics and follow along For a few years in a row I used this space to rave about what a great year I just had recapping my top moments in list form I said you would stop believing me if I kept raving about how good every year is but I just couldnt help it Well this year I can help it because 2016 was a difficult year Ill just mention quickly that I lost my mom June in May of 2016 She was a lovely woman who worked hard to help me get where I am today Its natural for us to lose our parents as we grow older Im just stunned to have lost both my parents before age 40 And how many of you did I just stun by revealing Im not yet 40 Yeah I first started going gray in high school But good news 2017 is comeback time That column where I rave about how great the year was itll be back in December 2017 Count on it Email Jones at sjones@ northcoastmedia net won Its a major story not just to our industry but around the world Some the nearly 50 percent who voted for him are excited for the change in Washington Others the nearly 50 percent who voted against him are riddled with worry for various reasons In my above scenario I thought Id be going on about my day the morning after the election Instead Associate Editor Grant B Gannon and I were calling every Trump maintenance facility in America attempting to get comments thoughts predictions from our readers who now are employed by the president elect We came up mostly empty confidentiality agreement were the 6 Golfdom December 2016 Golfdom com