“Holy Golf Dirt.” Need We Say More?
In the February issue of Golf Magazine, columnist (and CBS Sports golf analyst) David Feherty turns his attention to UgMO’s smart sensors as he tips his hat to the magic performed by the PGA Tour’s modern groundskeepers… and how the whole business is a far cry from his adolescent days as a “greenskeeper” who knew it was time to turn off the hose “when your sneakers began to soak through.”
Feherty writes: “A company called UgMO is manufacturing underground sensors that give exact digital readouts of soil conditions, calculate the amount of water needed for healthy turf, and apply it with the accuracy of a rifle instead of scattershot-style. Grass that doesn’t need water doesn’t get it, in some cases reducing the amount of water used by a third, and electricity, too.”
Well said. (Read: We couldn’t have said it better.) Click here to see the Golf Magazine coverage.
As Feherty notes, the UgMO movement is widespread. “These little UgMOs are under the stadia that serve the Dodgers and Dolphins and beneath holy golf dirt such as Merion, Seminole, TPC Sawgrass, Los Angeles C.C., and coming soon to a golf course near you.”
But it doesn’t stop at golf. Nearly 50 commercial UgMO users — spanning golf courses, athletic fields, colleges and municipalities in water-strapped states across the U.S. — have collectively saved 458 million gallons of water to date. And in 2010, underground sensors will enter the residential market, with the promise of 50%-80% savings in water usage.
What is UgMO? A revolutionary soil management technology that guarantees water savings, reduced use of fertilizers and pesticides, and optimal turf conditions. UgMO’s wireless, rootzone intelligence system measures and analyzes soil moisture, temperature and salinity in real-time, 24/7, with wireless underground sensors, fully interactive software and best-in-class agronomic reporting.
