2017 STERF has decided to fund and start seven new projects within the following programme areas; winter stress management, integrated pest management and multifunctional golf facilities and ecosystem services. Read more about them:
Practical reestablishment of golf greens following winter damages - a field study
Winter injuries on Golf Greens in the Nordic Countries: Survey of causes and economic consequences (Part II)
Risk assessment, management and control of dollar spot caused by Sclerotinia homoeocarpa on Scandinavian golf courses
SUSPHOS: Sustainable phosphorus (P) fertilization on golf courses
From dense swards to biodiverse roughs
Golf clubs as landscape players
Go outdoors and use the Golf area in a pedagogical way – creativity, learning and health in the unlimited classroom
STERF is a research foundation that supports existing and future R&D efforts and delivers ‘ready-to-use research results’ that benefit the Nordic golf sector. STERF was set up in 2006 by the golf federations in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland and the Nordic Greenkeepers’ Associations.