Justin Bennett Email & Phone Number

Denver, Colorado, United States

Denver, Colorado, United States

Denver, Colorado, United States

Greater Denver Area

Dacula, Ga

General Manager of Trophy Club of Apalachee, an 18-hole Semi-Private Golf Course.Managed property with $1.6M revenue, $500K EBITDA and 45K round budget. Met EBITDA plan six out of eight years. Created annual budgets. Supervised $200K greens conversion project from Bentgrass to Champion Bermuda in 2014. Responsible for two properties on a temporary basis twice over eight year tenure. Created multiple new events to generate more revenue and memberships to the club.o Started monthly four-person scramble consistently over 70 players generating an extra $4k in revenueo Initiated weekly two-person scramble having over 40 players generating an extra $1.5k in revenueo Implemented yearly Member/Member, Member/Guest, Club Championship and Match Play events driving increased member satisfaction and retention. Created inter-club tournament with sister property in 2017. Increased Player’s Club membership 50% each year since 2015 with currently over 1300 members. Developed multiple Microsoft Excel tools designed for efficiency for use by seven sister properties.– Created hour tracker for 36 volunteers, utilizing macros/Visual Basic code.– Designed tool for reserving a tee sheet for tournaments to maximize public play without impacting tournament play based on start time, number of players, and public pace of play/tournament pace of play– Implemented profit and loss (P&L) tracker to forecast monthly revenue, payroll, and expenses. Spearheaded project for real-time tee sheet in conjunction with wireless communication to clubhouse PA to decrease tee-time delay on days with 150+ rounds and 8 minute tee times, from 15-20 minutes to less than five minutes. Established mobile payment system for beverage cart to increase and track sales, inventory, slippage, and location of beverage cart while improving guest experiences by processing credit cards on the course and sending emailed receipt.

Alpharetta, Ga

Interim General Manager of Trophy Club of Atlanta, an 18-hole Semi-Private Golf Course.Directed property with $2.3M revenue, $800K EBITDA and 50K round budget. Hired and trained new staff following the unexpected departure of two members of management. Led staff to achieve the highest number of Player’s Club membership sales company-wide in June 2016. Managed $150K in capital improvement projects and created annual budget for 2017.

Monroe, Ny

Interim General Manager of The Golf Club at Mansion Ridge, a 18-hole Semi-Private Jack Nicklaus Golf Course.Managed property with $3M revenue budget and $1M EBITDAR. Supervised and led 60+ employees, including Superintendent, Sales Manager, and Executive Chef. Achieved EBITDAR plan three out of four months.

Atlanta, Ga

General Manager of Bobby Jones Golf Course, an 18-hole Public Golf Course.Oversaw a municipal golf course with $1.8M revenue, $800K EBITDAR and 60K rounds budget. Increased EBITDAR each year, including 100%+ increase from 2006 to 2008. Oversaw greens conversion from 419 Bermuda to Champion Bermuda with budget of $200K in 2007. Ranked third company-wide in 2007 and second in 2008 in annual metric competition. Achieved highest ever revenue and EBITDAR total for the course in its history in 2008.