TABLE 9A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON 1/ A FAIRWAY OR TEE IN LOCATION PERFORMANCE INDEX (LPI) GROUP 1 **/ 2017 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME ENTRY # NJ1 MD1 KY1 MI1 IA1 KS1 MEAN * CHINOOK (H10G-OP) 7.3 7.1 7.9 6.7 6.5 6.4 7.0 * PIRANHA (DC-1) 13 7.3 7.7 7.6 6.4 5.9 5.8 6.8 * BARRACUDA 11 6.5 6.8 7.7 6.5 6.2 5.9 6.6 * SHARK 15 6.4 6.5 7.6 6.4 6.2 5.9 6.5 * 007 14 6.2 6.5 7.7 6.5 6.3 5.9 6.5 * V-8 2 6.2 6.1 7.7 6.5 6.4 6.0 6.5 * L-93XD 10 6.6 6.9 7.4 6.2 5.9 5.6 6.4 DLFPS-AT/3026 6 6.6 6.5 7.2 6.0 5.8 5.6 6.3 * CRYSTAL BLUE LINKS 1 5.4 5.4 7.8 6.6 6.6 6.0 6.3 * MUSKET (PPG-AT 104) 4 6.6 6.4 7.1 5.9 5.7 5.6 6.2 * NIGHTLIFE 12 4.7 5.3 7.7 6.6 6.5 5.7 6.1 * PC2.0 (PST-0CV6) 9 4.5 5.1 7.5 6.3 6.3 5.5 5.9 * GREENTIME 17 4.9 3.6 7.3 6.3 6.6 6.0 5.8 * KINGDOM 5 3.9 4.7 7.6 6.5 6.4 5.5 5.8 * ARMOR 8 3.8 4.3 7.5 6.4 6.5 5.5 5.7 PST-0RBS 7 4.0 4.4 7.3 6.2 6.3 5.4 5.6 * PENNCROSS 16 3.7 2.7 7.1 6.1 6.4 5.6 5.3 3 LSD VALUE 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 C.V. (%) 8.9 8.8 6.6 7.8 7.9 8.7 8.0 */ COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 2020 **/ ENTRIES WITHIN THIS TABLE ARE ORDERED BY THE OVERALL MEAN AND HAVE SIMILAR TURF QUALITY PERFORMANCES IN ALL TEST LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THIS LPI GROUP. IF YOUR STATE IS NOT REPRESENTED, THEN CHOOSE A LPI GROUP THAT CONTAINS A LOCATION AND MANAGEMENT SIMILAR TO YOUR PLANTING CONDITIONS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON LPI, GO TO WWW.NTEP.ORG/LPI_Q&A.PDF 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.