{"id":30970,"date":"2025-08-29T07:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T07:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/?p=30970"},"modified":"2025-11-25T11:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T11:24:07","slug":"golfsustainable-toro-turfrad-soilmoisture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/golfsustainable-toro-turfrad-soilmoisture\/","title":{"rendered":"TurfRad and TORO: Real progress in soil moisture?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-klozy9b5-e2bcee63c6abd750b5a2f8b8c49c66a2\">\n.avia-image-container.av-klozy9b5-e2bcee63c6abd750b5a2f8b8c49c66a2 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-klozy9b5-e2bcee63c6abd750b5a2f8b8c49c66a2 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-klozy9b5-e2bcee63c6abd750b5a2f8b8c49c66a2 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first  av-has-copyright av-copyright-always'  ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-31012 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-31012 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MZ87922.jpg\" alt='Turfrad sensor for greenkeeping' title='Turfrad sensor'  height=\"924\" width=\"1386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MZ87922.jpg 1386w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MZ87922-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MZ87922-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MZ87922-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MZ87922-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1386px) 100vw, 1386px\" \/><\/div><small class=\"avia-copyright\">Image: Turfrad\/Toro<\/small><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2jbyed-bf6db2427ef80e4c59a652e1b1c72f37\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-2jbyed-bf6db2427ef80e4c59a652e1b1c72f37{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-2jbyed-bf6db2427ef80e4c59a652e1b1c72f37 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-2jbyed-bf6db2427ef80e4c59a652e1b1c72f37 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-2jbyed-bf6db2427ef80e4c59a652e1b1c72f37 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_post_metadata '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  >TurfRad and TORO: a step forward in soil moisture management?<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='av-post-metadata-container av-651wpst-4fa393565efbc8ccf1a2cc377b70ef9e av-metadata-container-align-left  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock  av-metadata-container-1'><div class='av-post-metadata-container-inner'><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-meta-content\"><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-modified\"><span class=\"av-post-metadata-modified-date\" >25. November 2025<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-krv1ul-a571404bbe1a55f64fc4811186f9069f '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><div class=\"flex-shrink-0 flex flex-col relative items-end\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"pt-0\">\n<div class=\"gizmo-bot-avatar flex h-8 w-8 items-center justify-center overflow-hidden rounded-full\">\n<div class=\"relative p-1 rounded-sm flex items-center justify-center bg-token-main-surface-primary text-token-text-primary h-8 w-8\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<p>&#8220;I know my moisture content every day&#8221;: that&#8217;s the sentence that makes the difference for <strong>Jim Pavonetti and Jake Schmitz<\/strong>. No more estimates, no more hand-irrigation by feel. &#8220;I just know the moisture level so much better,&#8221; explains <strong>Pavonetti, Superintendent of Fairview CC in the US state of Connecticut<\/strong>.\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">His colleague,\u00a0<strong>Jake Schmitz, Superintendent at Olympic Hills GC in Minnesota<\/strong>, feels the same way.<\/span> The statements by the two American green keeping-experts refer to the new <strong>TurfRad sensor<\/strong>, which is used to measure soil moisture on fairways.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technology boom in the water sector<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Soil moisture measurement has been a hot topic in the industry for several years due to the increasing need to save water and the declining quality of overwatered golf courses. Competition in the segment of companies offering solutions for determining soil moisture and supplying data is correspondingly high. A few years ago, the TDR soil moisture sensor or irrigation based on evapotranspiration were considered high-end measures, but the situation has since changed.<\/p>\n<p>There is now plenty of technology to determine soil moisture: thermal imaging, multispectral imaging, L-band radiometry, cosmic ray neutron sensors &#8211; the terminology alone demonstrates that the innovations behind the topic of soil moisture are far ahead of what is still common practice on golf courses here and there. Watering by feel is a discontinued model. &#8220;But yes, I&#8217;ve always done a lot by visual impression,&#8221; says Pavonetti.<\/p>\n<div hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/golf-england-water-crisis-for-golf-industry\/\" class='avia-iframe-wrap'>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"OkvbtkT0GI\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/golf-england-water-crisis-for-golf-industry\/\">Golf in England: Water crisis highlights deficits in the golf industry<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Golf in England: Water crisis highlights deficits in the golf industry&#8221; &#8212; Golf Sustainable\" src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/golf-england-water-crisis-for-golf-industry\/embed\/#?secret=GUwK7VxCT0#?secret=OkvbtkT0GI\" data-secret=\"OkvbtkT0GI\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In view of the numerous providers with drones, sensors and software on the market, even deciding on the right technology for superintendents or club managers is an intensive course in advanced physics. In this respect, it can be considered a real breakthrough for the Swiss start-up <strong>TerraRad, a spin-off from ETH Zurich<\/strong>, that <strong>TORO<\/strong>, one of the giants in the golf market, has decided to cooperate with the company.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With a fully integrated irrigation system that offers real-time moisture mapping, accurate data and easy-to-use controls, golf course superintendents can keep their turf in top shape, all while meeting sustainability goals and cutting costs,&#8221; said <strong>John Dalman, Senior Product Manager at Toro<\/strong>, who announced the innovation at GCSAA in February. Sales managers are now on the road in the individual regions worldwide to make the technology palatable to the average club in Germany, England, Denmark or elsewhere. Always with the promise that the technology saves running costs, reduces water consumption and ensures better grass quality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mepgy3ua-ca5d150a921c01630b54deb0744b034f\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mepgy3ua-ca5d150a921c01630b54deb0744b034f img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mepgy3ua-ca5d150a921c01630b54deb0744b034f .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mepgy3ua-ca5d150a921c01630b54deb0744b034f av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '  ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-31014 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-31014 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A-map-showing-a-typical-moisture-level-keeping-food-health-moisture-on-the-fairway-turf-for-daily-use-copyright-Jim-Pavonetti-1500x430.jpg\" alt='' title='A map showing a typical moisture level, keeping food health moisture on the fairway turf for daily use copyright Jim Pavonetti'  height=\"430\" width=\"1500\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m1z5wpp6-897f4821aa822146214cfb1e0261f6f7 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p>The focus here is on the combination with the<strong> Lynx<\/strong> Control system, which works in a very simplified way: The TerraRad sensors determine the soil moisture, pass it on to the computer unit and this optimizes the water control. The individual sprinklers are irrigated precisely. The golf course therefore has the option of almost fully automated irrigation, so that the greenkeeping team can concentrate on monitoring, strategic goals, the irrigation system itself and numerous other tasks on the course.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone working without Lynx receives the moisture measurement and then decides for themselves which irrigation to apply on site. The soil measurement itself is based on microwaves that can measure nearly four inches deep. Measurements are taken ten times per second, resulting in 10,000 measurements per fairway. This results in a moisture map for the fairway. Jim Pavonetti is now also experimenting with the sensor on a green roller. Here alone, he achieves 2000 images per green.<\/p>\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"533b608a-b5ed-4ee0-b758-d43e7b3da9c1\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-meph8bwt-fee0760ed0600b4a95615f83b8869d9d\">\n.avia-image-container.av-meph8bwt-fee0760ed0600b4a95615f83b8869d9d img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-meph8bwt-fee0760ed0600b4a95615f83b8869d9d .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-meph8bwt-fee0760ed0600b4a95615f83b8869d9d av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '  ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-31016 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-31016 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/normal-set-up-1500x430.jpg\" alt='Turf wheel sensor on golf cart' title='TurfRad sensor'  height=\"430\" width=\"1500\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-meph45zz-f17d3f730856e37600b00d2b3b80ff48 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p>However, Jim Pavonetti and Jake Schmitz have not mounted the sensors on a fairway mower, as can be seen in many Toro images. &#8220;I want the data every day,&#8221; says Schmitz, &#8220;but I don&#8217;t mow the fairways every day.&#8221; That&#8217;s why he has installed two sensors on a classic greenkeeper&#8217;s cart and drives the course every day. &#8220;The information is extremely valuable to me because I simply want drier, firmer playing conditions.&#8221; He has been using the sensors since April. His colleague Pavonetti has been using the devices for the second year and now has three sensors. &#8220;I have two on the normal carts and one on the green roller to see the moisture here too. That way, I&#8217;m actually constantly monitoring.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He has noticed the time and cost savings above all in the significantly improved control of manual watering. &#8220;In the past, sometimes five people were out for five hours a day, watering all the places that we knew over the years were prone to drying out. Now I take the measurements, print out the map, circle the important spots and then my people can do it with pinpoint accuracy. That saves hours, water and costs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/usga-irrigation-is-number-one-limiting-factor\/\" class='avia-iframe-wrap'>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0AFuWmijVJ\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/usga-irrigation-is-number-one-limiting-factor\/\">USGA: &#8220;Irrigation is the number 1 limiting factor&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;USGA: &#8220;Irrigation is the number 1 limiting factor&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; Golf Sustainable\" src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/usga-irrigation-is-number-one-limiting-factor\/embed\/#?secret=gQVAJRckKD#?secret=0AFuWmijVJ\" data-secret=\"0AFuWmijVJ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This leaves the initial investment, which is currently around 6000 dollars\/euros per device. In addition, there is an annual software fee of currently 7000 euros or 8000 dollars. Two sensors per 18 holes are recommended.\u00a0 Due to impending worldwide tariff regulations, these prices can change. 75 golf courses worldwide are currently using TerraRad sensors. Investors such as Old Tom Capital and various research funds have backed the young company. Whether the golf courses will do so in sufficient numbers remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<div hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/golfsustainable-danishgolfchampionship-dpworldtour-nopesticides\/\" class='avia-iframe-wrap'>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"qyANV8LAjy\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/golfsustainable-danishgolfchampionship-dpworldtour-nopesticides\/\">Best practice for the future: Danish Golf Championship without pesticides<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Best practice for the future: Danish Golf Championship without pesticides&#8221; &#8212; Golf Sustainable\" src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/golfsustainable-danishgolfchampionship-dpworldtour-nopesticides\/embed\/#?secret=B7lPWTkSzl#?secret=qyANV8LAjy\" data-secret=\"qyANV8LAjy\" width=\"600\" 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