1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Ford, Timothy A.
8111 Lyndale Avenue South
Bloomington, MN 55420-1196
USA
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/20/2001
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
The Toro Company (TTC)
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner
(X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
Vice President & General Mgr.
6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
08/29/2001
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
+------------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------------+
|1. Title of Security |2. Amount of |3. Ownership |4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| | Securities | Form: | |
| | Beneficially Owned | Direct(D) or | |
| | | Indirect(I) | |
+------------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------------+
Common Stock 4000 D
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
+-----------------------+---------------------+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-------------------------+
|1.Title of Derivative |2.Date Exercisable |3.Title and Amount of Securities |4.Conver- |5.Ownership |6. Nature of Indirect |
| Security | and Expiration Date| Underlying Derivative | sion or | Form of | Beneficial Ownership |
| | (Month/Day/Year) | Security | Exercise | Derivative | |
| +----------+----------+-----------------------+---------+ Price of | Security: | |
| | Date | Expira- | |Amount or| Deri- | Direct(D) or| |
| | Exer- | tion | Title |Number of| vative | Indirect(I) | |
| | cisable | Date | |Shares | Security | | |
+-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------------------+---------+----------+-------------+-------------------------+
Stock Option 12/15/2003 12/31/2006 Common Stock 8000 $42.75 D
Stock Option 07/19/2001 07/19/2011 Common Stock 7000 $42.75 D
Explanation of Responses:
Award of restricted stock exempt under Rule 16b-3.
Performance accelerated stock option may vest earlier if perfromance goals are
achieved before Fiscal 2003.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ N. Jeanne ryan
DATE
04/14/2003
