Toro says golf course maintenance teams are embracing electric lawn mowers, in part because of how much quieter the equipment is, CEO Rick Olson tells analysts on a conference call.

The Tahuna Golf Club in New Zealand is bringing to an end more than half a century of tradition by getting rid of the flock of sheep that has long kept its fairways trim.

"There's been a desire from people to play on a fully-groomed course as opposed to playing with sheep on the course," Hopper told the New Zealand Herald. "The most obvious reason is that there's ...