TABLE 16A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A FAIRWAY OR TEE UNDER TRAFFIC STRESS AT AMHERST, MA 1/ 2015-18 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ PERCENT SPRING ESTABLISH YELLOW QUALITY RATINGS NAME GREENUP MENT PATCH MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN PIRANHA (DC-1) 5.5 40.0 4.7 2.3 5.8 6.1 6.6 6.8 6.3 6.7 6.8 5.9 5.8 6.1 DLFPS-AT/3026 6.7 50.0 9.0 4.0 5.6 6.8 6.4 6.2 6.1 5.9 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.9 NIGHTLIFE 4.3 45.0 7.3 2.0 5.3 5.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.5 6.3 5.7 5.3 5.9 KINGDOM 3.5 42.5 5.0 2.0 5.6 5.6 6.7 6.6 5.8 6.5 6.3 5.3 5.3 5.8 CHINOOK (H10G-OP) 5.7 45.0 6.3 2.3 5.3 5.9 6.0 5.6 5.7 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.7 MUSKET (PPG-AT 104) 5.7 43.3 9.0 4.0 5.4 6.9 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.3 5.1 4.7 5.7 007 5.0 45.0 4.7 2.3 5.4 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.4 5.3 5.6 ARMOR 4.0 43.3 5.3 2.0 5.4 5.7 6.3 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.0 4.5 5.6 L-93XD 4.8 40.0 4.0 2.3 5.6 6.0 6.1 5.8 5.9 6.1 5.8 5.1 5.5 5.6 PC2.0 (PST-0CV6) 5.3 40.0 6.0 3.0 4.8 5.2 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.5 SHARK 4.2 43.3 4.0 2.0 4.8 6.1 6.2 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.2 5.2 5.5 BARRACUDA 5.2 45.0 4.7 2.7 4.8 5.8 5.2 5.1 5.7 5.8 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.4 V-8 3.8 46.7 4.0 2.0 4.9 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.8 5.6 4.9 4.8 5.3 PST-0RBS 4.7 43.3 5.7 2.3 5.0 5.4 5.9 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.8 5.2 GREENTIME 4.3 48.3 9.0 4.0 5.0 5.1 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.0 4.8 4.9 4.7 5.0 CRYSTAL BLUE LINKS 3.8 40.0 7.3 2.3 4.1 4.6 5.3 5.0 5.1 5.2 4.8 4.4 4.8 4.8 PENNCROSS 4.0 45.0 9.0 1.7 3.6 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.1 LSD VALUE 1.4 5.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.3 C.V. (%) 24.2 6.8 7.8 16.0 12.0 9.5 9.3 11.1 11.6 9.9 10.6 11.9 14.1 6.5 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 16A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS (CONT'D) GROWN ON A FAIRWAY OR TEE UNDER TRAFFIC STRESS AT AMHERST, MA 1/ 2015-18 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ WEAR TOLERANCE NAME SEPT OCT NOV MAY 16 JUL 16 SEPT 1 MAY 17 JUL 17 SEPT 17 MAY 18 JUL 18 OCT 18 PIRANHA (DC-1) 5.7 5.0 5.7 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.7 6.7 7.0 6.3 6.7 7.3 DLFPS-AT/3026 3.3 2.3 4.7 3.3 3.3 4.7 6.0 6.0 4.0 3.7 4.3 4.7 NIGHTLIFE 7.3 5.7 6.3 7.3 6.7 6.7 6.3 6.3 7.7 6.0 7.3 6.0 KINGDOM 6.5 6.0 5.0 6.8 7.0 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.8 7.0 6.3 7.7 CHINOOK (H10G-OP) 5.0 4.0 5.0 5.7 5.3 5.7 5.3 5.3 6.0 5.0 5.0 5.7 MUSKET (PPG-AT 104) 3.7 3.0 5.0 3.7 4.3 5.7 6.0 6.0 3.7 4.3 5.3 6.3 007 5.7 5.0 6.0 6.0 5.3 6.0 5.3 5.3 6.7 5.7 6.3 6.0 ARMOR 6.3 5.0 5.7 6.3 6.3 6.3 5.7 5.7 6.7 5.7 5.7 6.7 L-93XD 5.0 4.7 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.7 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.0 6.0 PC2.0 (PST-0CV6) 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.0 5.0 6.0 4.7 5.3 6.0 SHARK 5.3 5.3 5.7 6.3 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.7 7.0 5.0 5.7 5.7 BARRACUDA 5.0 4.0 5.3 6.0 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.7 6.0 4.7 5.3 5.3 V-8 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.7 4.7 5.0 5.0 PST-0RBS 5.0 4.3 4.3 5.3 6.0 6.0 4.0 4.0 6.0 5.3 5.7 6.3 GREENTIME 4.3 3.3 4.3 3.3 3.3 4.3 6.0 6.0 4.3 3.7 5.0 4.3 CRYSTAL BLUE LINKS 5.0 4.7 4.3 5.0 5.3 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.3 4.3 4.7 5.7 PENNCROSS 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.7 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.3 4.0 4.0 LSD VALUE 0.7 0.6 1.1 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 1.0 C.V. (%) 8.9 9.1 11.9 11.0 9.0 10.7 10.4 10.4 10.8 10.0 8.0 10.7 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.