PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 7. TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A FAIRWAY OR TEE AT SIXTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1/ 2002 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME IA1 IL1 IN1 KY1 MI1 MN1 NJ1 NY1 PA1 QE1 SD1 UT1 VA1 WA1 WA3 WI1 ABT-COL-2 4.9 5.2 2.5 5.9 5.1 6.2 5.0 6.9 5.9 6.6 5.7 3.6 3.8 5.2 6.8 5.3 BACKSPIN 6.9 6.4 5.5 6.1 5.2 6.9 4.5 7.2 7.2 6.1 4.9 3.7 4.0 6.2 5.4 5.3 BRIGHTON (SRX 1120) 7.4 6.4 5.1 6.5 5.3 7.0 5.2 7.0 7.0 6.1 4.7 3.9 3.7 5.6 4.9 5.2 CENTURY 7.1 5.3 6.5 5.5 5.4 7.4 4.2 7.1 7.3 5.6 4.6 3.7 3.4 6.1 5.7 5.0 GLORY (PST-9HG) 5.4 5.6 2.7 6.0 5.3 5.5 5.3 6.9 6.9 6.5 5.8 4.1 4.1 6.1 6.6 5.5 GOLFSTAR 5.3 5.3 2.1 4.4 5.2 5.2 3.8 6.9 5.1 6.7 5.2 3.7 3.5 5.8 4.2 4.6 GRAND PRIX 7.1 6.2 5.8 6.3 5.4 7.4 5.2 7.3 7.1 5.9 5.1 4.3 3.7 6.2 5.7 5.4 IMPERIAL 7.7 6.4 5.7 6.5 5.4 7.3 5.3 7.2 7.5 5.7 4.4 4.0 3.9 6.2 5.7 5.1 L-93 6.9 6.2 6.0 6.6 5.5 7.4 6.0 7.6 7.8 6.0 4.9 3.7 4.2 6.0 5.2 5.5 PENN G-6 7.3 6.4 5.7 6.5 5.3 7.2 5.6 7.3 7.2 5.7 4.4 4.3 4.5 6.0 5.2 5.5 PENNCROSS 6.8 6.0 4.8 5.5 5.3 6.1 4.1 7.0 6.4 6.1 5.2 4.4 4.2 6.1 5.3 5.1 PENNEAGLE 6.2 7.0 4.5 6.3 5.3 6.6 4.0 7.3 6.3 5.8 4.9 4.5 4.2 6.2 4.6 5.0 PENNLINKS II (PST-OVN) 7.1 6.2 5.1 6.8 5.2 6.5 4.9 7.3 6.8 6.1 4.2 3.8 4.1 6.4 4.6 5.7 PRINCEVILLE 6.2 6.4 5.2 6.7 5.2 7.1 4.0 7.0 6.6 6.0 5.3 4.2 4.0 6.1 4.8 5.2 PROVIDENCE 6.4 6.4 5.4 6.0 5.1 7.2 4.3 6.8 7.1 5.8 3.9 3.8 3.5 6.3 5.3 5.5 PST-9PM 5.1 5.4 2.4 6.0 5.3 5.7 4.5 6.8 4.6 6.6 5.2 3.7 4.1 5.8 5.8 5.0 SEASIDE 4.2 3.8 3.4 4.5 5.3 4.8 2.3 6.6 3.3 5.9 6.0 3.8 3.2 4.8 3.7 4.3 SEASIDE II 6.7 6.1 5.7 6.0 5.2 6.8 5.3 7.5 7.6 5.6 3.8 3.4 4.1 5.9 5.1 5.5 SR 1119 6.7 6.6 5.0 6.5 5.4 7.1 5.1 7.4 7.6 5.9 4.6 3.5 4.2 6.3 5.4 5.4 SR 7100 4.5 4.6 2.3 5.8 5.5 6.6 4.8 6.7 5.7 7.0 4.8 4.0 3.9 5.0 6.3 5.3 SRX 1BPAA 7.0 6.6 5.3 6.5 5.7 7.7 5.8 7.2 7.3 6.0 4.9 3.5 3.9 6.5 5.1 5.5 SRX 7MOBB 4.9 4.7 2.3 6.0 5.2 6.0 6.0 6.6 6.3 6.5 5.2 3.5 3.6 5.0 6.3 5.0 SR 7150 (SRX 7MODD) 4.6 5.0 2.2 6.4 5.3 5.8 6.6 6.8 6.4 6.8 4.5 3.6 3.8 5.8 6.4 5.3 TIGER 4.8 4.8 3.3 5.8 5.2 5.8 4.6 6.5 5.2 6.8 5.6 3.7 3.4 5.3 5.6 5.0 TIGER II (CIS AT-5) 4.5 5.5 2.5 6.0 5.2 6.8 6.2 7.1 7.4 6.5 5.2 3.5 4.3 5.7 6.9 5.4 TRUELINE 6.8 6.6 5.8 6.8 5.4 7.6 4.8 7.2 7.4 6.2 5.4 3.3 4.0 6.8 5.3 5.5 LSD VALUE 1.0 0.7 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.6 1.1 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.4 C.V. (%) 9.8 7.0 15.8 4.7 4.0 5.5 13.7 2.7 6.4 7.2 10.7 13.5 8.6 8.6 7.0 4.2 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.