Recognizing the golf industry’s need for support and available mechanics, we embarked on a mission to address these challenges. With the rising costs of new machinery, we’re committed to extending the operational life of your equipment, ensuring you maximize your investment. Our goal is simple: keep the ‘Greenkeepers Cutting’ and eliminate the need for temporary, short-lived equipment repairs.
Our journey started in the automotive industry back in 2015 when Paul, our Director, opened The Foundry Garage. However, Paul’s passion for golf dates back to his youth, spending school holidays working alongside his Grandad, the Head Greenkeeper at the time, as well as his Dad and cousin, who were also greenkeepers. After serving 12 years in the Army as a mechanic and gaining valuable experience in mechanical work worldwide, Paul established a workshop in Hereford to support the local community and the military unit.
In 2015, the opportunity to take over a rural garage in Brimfield arose, and The Foundry Garage was born. Today, it thrives as a successful and beloved local garage, serving not only the village but the wider community.
Since 2022, we’ve been dedicated to keeping golf courses, cricket pitches, tennis courts and bowling greens in peak condition across the picturesque landscapes of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, and Powys.
Our unwavering focus on the industry has allowed us to cultivate enduring relationships with some of the region’s most renowned and prestigious courses.
Whether you’re a course manager in need of weekend support, holiday coverage, or gearing up for a major tournament, we have the expertise you seek. Our seasoned greenkeepers stand ready, matching their skills to your specific contract positions, anytime and anywhere.
Since 2022 we’ve been keeping Golf Courses running at full capacity in the 4 counties (Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire and Powys). Because we’re 100% focused on the Golf Industry, we’ve built excellent long-term relationships with some of the biggest and best names courses within the area.
Whether you’re a courses manager, looking for support over weekends, holiday closer or preparing for a big competition, we’ve got the support for you. We’ve got experienced and trained greenkeepers ready to be matched with the right contract positions at anytime, anywhere.
One great benefit of freelancers is that they’re available to be hired 24/7. That means a freelancer is there to help you resolve last-minute emergencies when you need them. A conventional employee may clock out and go home at 5 o’clock, but freelancers often have a more flexible work schedule that can revolve around a client’s needs.
Freelancers are excellent options for meeting quickly approaching deadlines. They can step in if something comes up, if you need additional support on a project, or if you need to make up for an absence on your team. Often used to dealing with project deadlines and may have the schedule flexibility to help you complete your project even at the last minute.
Traditional full-time employees are expensive. In addition to paying their salary, business owners are responsible for training costs, benefits, health insurance, paid time-off, and payroll taxes. In contrast, hiring a freelancer allows your business to eliminate many of these overhead costs.
Freelancers can deliver consistently high-quality work due to their range of experience. By successfully completing your project, freelancers build their reputation, expand their portfolio, and increase their chance of future employment or referrals.
In addition to offering quality work, freelancers can often provide faster deliverables than full-time employees, and more quickly and accurately. Freelancers generally focus on one project at a time or work within shorter timeframes, which results in increased efficiency and faster project completion.
Freelancers can be hired for a short-term project, for a set amount of time, or to help with long-term projects with specific deliverables. This lack of a long-term commitment affords companies greater flexibility when hiring freelancers.
When you hire a full-time employee, you invest in that individual’s future with the company.
Training and onboarding them costs money and time, which generally involves some risk.
Rather than losing that investment if the employee decides to leave the company, working with a freelancer allows you to build a contract with specific deliverables before payment.
Working with a freelancer also reduces the risk as you can make changes without impacting your internal processes.
Freelancers can bring a new and fresh perspective to a project. As an outsider, they may offer a unique idea that can greatly benefit a project.
Freelancers aren’t trapped in your company’s historical mindset, which lets you break free from the “that’s how it’s always been done” mentality that may be holding your ideas.
At Greenkeeper Support, we take pride in our dedication to continuous improvement and expertise. Our team holds a range of certifications and training credentials, ensuring we stay at the forefront of sports turf maintenance.
