Learn Why
The Science
of Stress.
Turf stress begins where you can't see it. Understanding how stress develops — and how multispectral imaging finds it — is the foundation of everything TurfLogic does.
Golf course management has relied on observation for decades. TurfLogic adds objective, continuous intelligence — finding problems before they surface.
Our approachEvery instrument TurfLogic uses feeds a single outcome: an objective, continuously updated picture of your course's health.
Open TurfScoreEvery club in the TurfLogic network is a live proof of concept — stress found early, interventions targeted, turf health trending upward.
Turf stress begins where you can't see it. Understanding how stress develops — and how multispectral imaging finds it — is the foundation of everything TurfLogic does.
Turf stress is any condition that impairs normal plant function — preventing your grass from absorbing water, processing nutrients, or recovering from traffic. The damage begins at the cellular level, often weeks before any visible symptom appears.
By the time your eye catches a problem — discolouration, thinning, wear — you're already dealing with advanced stress. The window for low-cost intervention has usually passed.
The human eye sees three wavelengths of light. TurfLogic's drone sensors capture data across seven or more — including near-infrared bands that reveal photosynthetic activity at the cellular level. The result is stress detection weeks ahead of any visible symptom.
A precision flight over your course collects multispectral imagery across every surface — greens, fairways, tee boxes, rough — in a single survey pass.
Raw multispectral bands are analysed using NDVI and related indices — mathematical models that translate wavelength reflectance into turf health signals, zone by zone.
A four-colour stress map is generated — categorising every area of your course by health status. Healthy turf, mild stress, moderate stress, and severe stress are visually distinct and GPS-referenced.
Stress maps are delivered to TurfScore.ai and to field tablets — so your team knows exactly where to go, what to look for, and what the data suggests they do about it.