9.31am 14th March 2025 - <a href="https://golfbusinessnews.com/news/greenkeeping/">Greenkeeping & Agronomy</a> <br>With Toro’s new range of robotic mowing solutions for the fairway and rough now available through UK distributor <a href="http://www.reesinkturfcare.co.uk">Reesink Turfcare</a>, golf course managers and greenkeepers can focus on getting the job done consistently and efficiently and prioritise their time and skill on preparing greens, tees and bunkers. <br>“The arrival of autonomous technology is what we’ve all been waiting for,” says Jon Cole, Divisional Business Manager for Reesink Turfcare. “And Toro’s vision of this delivers professional-quality results with minimal input required, solving the problem of reduced resources, labour shortages, and rising operational costs.”<br>All the products launching simultaneously – the <a href="https://www.reesinkturfcare.co.uk/products/filters/categories/mowers/">Toro GeoLink Solutions Autonomous Fairway Mower</a>, <a href="https://www.toro.com/en/golf/autonomous">Turf Pro</a> range of robot mowers and <a href="https://www.toro.com/en/product/30931?srsltid=AfmBOoqFIzM0Uczaa0okB2DIyGfuCA3T1mBiZ8GmuLVNaEHm6SEDm8tY">Range Pro ball picker</a> – work on Real Time Kinematic geo-positioning technology coming from a GPS-based satellite system for ultra-precise navigation.<br>This functionality allows for areas to be mapped, setting invisible boundaries in which the machines can operate autonomously. When they reach the edge of the predefined work zone based on satellite positioning, they intelligently keep within it. <br>Operation is straightforward: wireless monitoring and control of the units is through a computer or mobile phone where it is possible to customise working perimeters, no-go zones, mowing patterns, cutting height and transport paths.<br>No boundary wires are required, the mowers can mow a consistent pattern with minimal overlap and are accurate to 2cm. The system can identify missed areas and will reroute the mower to cover them later.<br>Cole adds: “These mowers free up your greenkeeping team to focus on the essential attentive care that the tees, greens, and bunkers require, while Toro technology carefully maintains the fairways and roughs, intelligently working with minimal input.” <br><br>The Toro GeoLink Solutions Autonomous Fairway Mower is a hybrid mower. It has a Kawasaki engine but steering, traction, lift and lowering of the cylinder units are electric. The mower still has a seat and a steering wheel; this is because it has both manual and autonomous modes. In manual it’ll operate just like a normal triplex so if the operator wants to move it to a new location that isn’t mapped yet or support a different area on the course, they can. <br>There are three fully robotic models in the Turf Pro range. There’s the choice of three or five cutting heads providing a cutting width of 63.3cm (25ins) in the <a href="https://www.toro.com/en/product/30923?srsltid=AfmBOooFMuGEhiCd3em6e7dTYWz9rbc2eVeh7gI7k0EjYSlOKj8RBopN">Turf Pro 300</a> and 103.3cm (40.7ins) for the <a href="https://www.toro.com/en/product/30921?srsltid=AfmBOoo7hevocoGEtHa2xo5KPuX1BktOVDxEa-QXMeXJ44EUXwjx5Owf">Turf Pro 500</a>. They can mow up to 18.5 acres (75,000m2) and there’s a model for use on slopes of up to 24 degrees. <br>They are all-electric, self-charging and automatically return to the charging station. And through increased mowing frequency these mowers can purposefully remove less leaf tissue, producing shorter clippings and with adjustable mowing patterns can be utilised to achieve multiple aesthetics.<br>Cole concludes: “Toro developed this technology and these products in direct response to customer feedback and research. It was clear there was a changing mindset about what was needed regarding labour support, combatting increasing operational costs and how to approach mowing grass. This productive solution eases labour resource pains and provides operational cost savings with no change in Toro’s world-renowned cutting performance.” <br><strong><em>To demo these new machines or talk to a Reesink representative about how this technology can boost productivity, visit <a href="http://www.reesinkturfcare.co.uk">reesinkturfcare.co.uk</a>.</em></strong><br><br>LIV Golf has found another media platform to show its tournaments after signing a multi-year deal with sports entertainment channel DAZN. <br>European Tour Group Chief Executive Guy Kinnings and Director of Tournament Business Mark Casey were among the keynote presenters at the 2025 European Tour Destinations Annual Conference. Representatives from the network’s world-class venues gathered at The Dutch, an exclusive private members’ club in the heart of The Netherlands, to learn from and network with industry leaders and their peers. 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