TABLE 5. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A FAIRWAY OR TEE FOR WATER USE/DROUGHT TOLERANCE STUDY AT AMHERST, MA 1/ 2024 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ QUALITY RATINGS JUNE-JULY TOTAL DAYS WATER UNTIL PRE-DROUGHT DURING DROUGHT PERIOD DURING RECOVERY NAME APPLIED REWATER 6/26 7/1 7/8 7/10 7/11 7/11 7/12 7/18 7/26 MEAN MUSKET 17 16 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.3 . 7.0 8.0 7.7 7.8 007XL 17 16 8.0 7.7 7.7 7.3 7.7 . 6.0 7.3 8.0 7.5 PST-0MRN 17 16 8.0 8.0 7.7 7.3 7.5 5.0 6.0 7.7 7.7 7.4 PIPER (PPG-AP-MTV2) 17 16 8.0 7.7 7.7 7.7 6.7 . 5.3 7.0 7.7 7.2 PST-0R2O 17 16 8.3 8.0 7.3 6.7 7.0 6.0 4.7 7.0 8.0 7.0 PIRANHA 17 16 7.3 7.3 7.3 6.7 7.0 5.0 5.3 7.3 7.3 6.9 SHARK 17 16 7.3 7.7 7.0 7.0 6.5 5.0 5.7 7.0 7.3 6.9 MATCH PLAY 17 16 7.0 7.3 7.0 7.0 7.0 5.0 5.3 7.0 7.7 6.8 PRODIGY (PVF-PV-2) 17 16 7.3 7.7 7.7 7.0 7.0 5.0 5.0 7.0 7.3 6.8 PVF-PV-1 17 16 7.7 7.7 7.3 6.0 6.5 7.0 4.7 6.3 7.0 6.7 SPECTRUM (LNS 19) 17 16 7.3 7.3 7.7 6.7 7.0 5.0 4.7 6.0 7.3 6.7 BARRACUDA 17 16 6.7 7.0 7.0 6.7 7.0 5.0 5.0 6.7 7.3 6.6 CHINOOK (H10G-OP) 17 16 7.0 7.3 7.0 7.0 7.0 5.0 5.0 6.7 7.0 6.6 OAKLEY (PPG-AP-MTV1) 17 16 7.0 7.0 7.3 6.7 6.5 5.0 5.0 6.7 7.3 6.6 TOURPRO 17 16 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.3 6.0 6.0 5.0 6.7 7.7 6.6 PST-R0DS 17 16 7.3 7.7 7.0 7.0 7.0 4.5 4.7 6.3 7.0 6.5 PENNCROSS 17 16 5.7 7.0 6.3 6.3 6.3 . 5.3 6.7 6.7 6.3 TILLINGHAST (DLF-AP-3084) 17 16 7.0 7.3 6.7 5.3 6.0 6.0 4.7 6.0 7.0 6.3 S1 17 16 6.7 7.3 7.0 5.3 6.0 5.5 4.3 5.3 7.0 6.1 LSD VALUE 0 0 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.6 1.9 3.2 0.9 1.4 1.6 0.7 C.V. (%) 0 0 8.8 6.6 7.0 11.5 7.9 16.4 10.1 10.2 7.8 5.9 1/ TO DETERMINE STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES AMONG ENTRIES, SUBTRACT ONE ENTRY'S MEAN FROM ANOTHER ENTRY'S MEAN. STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES OCCUR WHEN THIS VALUE IS LARGER THAN THE CORRESPONDING LSD VALUE (LSD 0.05). 2/ C.V. (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION) INDICATES THE PERCENT VARIATION OF THE MEAN IN EACH COLUMN. TABLE 5. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS (CONT'D) GROWN ON A FAIRWAY OR TEE FOR WATER USE/DROUGHT TOLERANCE STUDY AT AMHERST, MA 1/ 2024 DATA PERCENT COVER RATINGS FROM JUNE-JULY PRE-DROUGHT PERIOD DURING DROUGHT PERIOD DURING RECOVERY PERIOD NAME 6/12 6/20 6/24 7/1 7/5 7/8 7/10 7/12 7/15 7/19 7/26 MUSKET 91.7 73.0 90.0 98.0 95.7 96.3 92.0 89.7 89.0 95.7 97.3 007XL 94.7 90.0 97.7 99.0 99.0 99.0 96.0 92.3 91.3 97.3 99.0 PST-0MRN 97.3 90.3 96.7 99.0 99.0 98.0 95.7 94.3 94.0 98.0 99.0 PIPER (PPG-AP-MTV2) 92.7 86.7 95.7 98.5 97.7 97.7 94.3 79.3 78.7 95.3 98.3 PST-0R2O 94.0 90.0 96.7 99.0 98.7 97.7 88.7 80.3 81.0 94.0 98.7 PIRANHA 94.3 87.3 95.0 98.3 96.3 95.0 92.3 85.3 88.3 95.3 98.3 SHARK 94.3 85.7 94.0 98.3 94.3 95.0 90.3 83.7 86.3 95.0 98.7 MATCH PLAY 93.3 85.0 93.7 98.3 97.3 96.7 91.3 83.0 86.0 95.7 98.7 PRODIGY (PVF-PV-2) 92.3 81.0 93.0 98.7 97.3 97.0 85.7 77.7 82.3 95.7 98.7 PVF-PV-1 93.7 84.7 94.7 98.7 98.3 97.3 89.0 77.3 80.3 95.3 98.7 SPECTRUM (LNS 19) 94.3 84.0 94.3 98.7 96.7 97.0 83.3 67.3 73.7 91.3 97.3 BARRACUDA 91.0 80.0 92.3 97.7 96.3 94.7 87.3 83.7 87.3 95.7 98.0 CHINOOK (H10G-OP) 94.3 81.7 91.3 97.7 94.3 94.3 87.7 79.3 82.0 94.3 98.0 OAKLEY (PPG-AP-MTV1) 94.7 80.3 92.7 99.0 97.3 97.3 89.3 75.7 80.3 95.0 98.7 TOURPRO 88.7 82.7 93.0 98.3 95.3 94.3 86.0 83.3 87.7 95.3 98.7 PST-R0DS 91.7 84.7 93.7 97.5 96.7 96.3 84.7 68.7 76.0 93.0 98.0 PENNCROSS 91.3 86.0 93.3 97.3 93.7 93.0 85.0 81.7 85.3 90.7 95.7 TILLINGHAST (DLF-AP-3084) 91.0 80.0 92.7 96.0 93.7 91.7 80.0 71.0 74.3 90.3 96.7 S1 88.3 80.3 92.3 98.0 95.7 94.7 77.7 62.3 68.3 88.7 96.7 LSD VALUE 7.7 10.0 5.9 3.2 3.2 3.2 11.9 25.9 19.9 6.9 3.1 C.V. (%) 3.4 5.8 2.7 1.0 1.8 1.8 6.5 13.9 10.5 3.3 1.3 1/ TO DETERMINE STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES AMONG ENTRIES, SUBTRACT ONE ENTRY'S MEAN FROM ANOTHER ENTRY'S MEAN. STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES OCCUR WHEN THIS VALUE IS LARGER THAN THE CORRESPONDING LSD VALUE (LSD 0.05). 2/ C.V. (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION) INDICATES THE PERCENT VARIATION OF THE MEAN IN EACH COLUMN. TABLE A. 2024 LOCATIONS, SITE DESCRIPTIONS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE 2020 NATIONAL BENTGRASS (FAIRWAY/TEE) TEST SOIL SOIL SUN MOWING SOIL SOIL PHOSPHOROUS POTASSIUM NITROGEN OR HEIGHT IRRIGATION LOCATION TEXTURE PH (LBS/ACRE) (LBS/ACRE) (LBS/1000 SQ FT) SHADE (IN) PRACTICED MA2 - - - - - - - -