Paul Cushing Email & Phone Number

San Luis Obispo, Ca, Us

California, Arizona And Nevada

Paul Cushing has a unique ability to revive challenged turfgrass playing conditions. He is adept at restoring deprived soils with sound chemistry solutions and has a keen eye for intricate details. Implementing these particular details in his personalized maintenance programs transform good golf courses into great golf courses. With his 35+ years of experience in the Golf and Sports Turf Industries, Paul has a proven track record for taking complex problems and immediately turning difficulties into workable solutions. Paul will build strong personnel teams with his energy, passion and involved hand’s on approach. His communication skills with management, members and staff are unassuming but highly effective in achieving results over the short and long term. Paul has the ability to handle a diverse and wide assortment of projects from private clubs, public facilities, resorts, construction/grow-in and sports turf complexes. With his combined agronomic knowledge and track record of success, Paul Cushing is the turf professional you need to assist your facility in reaching its maximum potential.

Greater San Diego Area

Involved as a director and leader of a staff of 94 for agronomic and financial decisions with the City of San Diego’s 5 golf courses, including Torrey Pines, the annual home of the PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open and the 2008 & 2021 US Opens. Responsible for the allocation of resources within an $20M golf enterprise fund, generated through revenues created from public utilization of the golf facilities. •Guided maintenance operations for the #1 maintained Golf Course on the PGA Tour for the 2015 season as nominated by players and PGA Tour Agronomists.•Re-directed management responsibility for all city golf course maintenance operations; modified the employee culture, re-trained staff, developed and implemented new, innovative management methods resulting in a division wide increase of rounds in a 5 year period of 14%, more than $8M profit increase over that period and a 63% customer satisfaction rating increase.•Host venue of the 2021 United States Open Championship. •Torrey Pines South Golf Course - Golf Magazine's Top 100 Golf Courses of America•Host of the PGA Tour’s 2011-2015 Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Recognized by the PGA Tour Officials, Agronomists and the CBS Sports National Telecast Crew for continually improving golf course agronomic conditions over the past 5 years in making Torrey Pines one of the premier PGA Tour events on the West Coast Swing.

Orange County, California Area

Directed planning and operations involving more than 150 staff and subcontractors involved with the construction of a Greg Norman designed golf club. Served as senior management liaison between ownership and subcontractors to build and manage an environmentally sensitive, soundly constructed and immaculately maintained golf course operation with a $27M construction budget. 0% OSHA recordable injuries for length of project.•Provided leadership to cross-functional value engineering team charged with 20% construction cost reduction resulting in $2M, 26% cost saving with no compromise in design, features or functionality.•Provided management direction and leadership to the team that sold $17M in golf memberships prior to golf course opening.•Developed and implemented a plan to revise course design resulting in preservation of 250 mature California Native Oaks valued at more than $10M while enhancing course appearance and function.•Managed reconstruction of golf course which had suffered flood damage numerous times resulting in project completion on time and on budget dictated by amount of flood damage insurance monies available.