PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 1. TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A FAIRWAY OR TEE AT TWENTY LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1/ 2004 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME CA7 IA1 IL1 IL3 IN1 KS1 KY1 MA1 MD1 MI1 MN1 ND1 NE1 NJ1 OK1 PA1 QE1 VA1 WA3 WI1 13-M 7.3 6.4 5.9 7.1 6.8 6.1 7.3 5.4 7.1 6.7 6.5 4.8 6.3 6.7 7.5 7.7 7.4 6.1 6.0 5.4 23R 7.6 7.0 5.7 7.3 6.9 5.9 7.0 5.5 5.8 6.8 6.5 4.9 7.3 6.1 7.5 7.5 7.3 5.1 6.5 6.4 ALPHA 7.4 6.9 5.6 6.8 7.0 5.9 6.3 5.5 5.2 6.3 6.5 5.3 6.8 5.5 7.2 7.0 7.3 5.8 6.2 5.4 BARDOT 6.8 5.2 4.6 5.9 4.5 5.3 5.9 5.3 4.0 5.4 5.2 4.6 7.3 5.2 6.7 6.4 7.0 5.7 6.2 3.8 BENGAL 7.4 6.6 5.4 6.7 6.9 5.6 6.2 5.5 4.5 6.6 6.4 4.8 6.3 5.1 7.3 6.9 7.4 5.4 6.0 5.3 DECLARATION 7.5 7.4 5.9 7.2 6.3 5.3 7.0 5.9 6.7 6.5 7.1 5.0 7.1 7.6 7.0 7.1 7.3 5.8 6.1 7.0 EWTR 6.9 5.5 4.8 6.8 5.1 5.1 7.2 5.5 4.2 5.9 5.5 5.2 6.4 5.8 5.7 6.5 7.2 5.3 6.8 3.9 INDEPENDENCE 7.3 6.8 5.2 6.4 6.7 5.0 6.3 5.3 4.5 6.3 6.6 5.0 5.0 4.9 7.4 6.7 7.5 5.2 6.3 5.2 IS-AP 14 7.3 6.5 5.4 7.1 6.6 5.4 6.3 4.9 5.8 6.5 6.5 4.7 6.3 5.8 7.5 7.3 7.5 5.2 6.6 5.6 IS-AT 7 6.8 5.6 5.1 6.5 5.3 5.4 6.6 5.8 4.1 6.2 5.9 5.1 5.6 6.0 5.6 7.0 7.4 5.6 6.5 4.7 KINGPIN (9200) 6.9 6.4 5.4 7.5 7.1 6.3 7.0 5.5 6.0 6.8 6.2 4.7 7.5 6.8 7.4 7.3 7.5 5.6 6.2 5.3 L-93 7.0 7.1 5.3 6.7 6.7 5.9 6.3 4.8 6.6 6.2 6.2 5.0 6.8 5.4 7.5 6.8 5.9 5.7 5.3 4.9 LS-44 7.1 6.6 5.5 7.0 7.2 5.9 7.0 5.0 5.7 6.5 6.7 4.9 6.3 5.8 7.6 6.9 7.5 6.0 5.9 5.4 PENNCROSS 7.1 6.3 5.5 6.3 5.3 6.1 5.6 5.0 4.0 5.8 5.6 4.9 5.6 3.4 7.2 5.6 6.9 5.3 5.4 4.9 PENNEAGLE II 7.5 7.1 5.9 7.4 7.0 5.8 7.1 5.4 5.8 6.3 6.6 5.2 5.5 5.8 7.6 7.2 7.5 5.4 6.4 6.0 PENNLINKS II 6.9 6.9 5.2 7.3 6.5 5.9 7.1 4.7 5.7 6.1 6.1 5.6 5.7 5.5 7.3 6.0 7.3 6.0 5.7 5.1 PHENOM (235050) 7.6 6.5 5.8 7.4 7.2 5.3 6.7 5.3 6.3 6.6 6.4 5.1 6.0 6.3 7.3 7.8 7.4 5.6 6.2 5.8 PRINCEVILLE 6.6 6.2 5.2 6.4 5.3 5.8 5.8 4.4 3.8 6.0 5.9 4.9 5.5 4.3 6.8 5.6 6.6 6.3 5.3 4.8 PST-9NBC 7.0 5.0 5.0 6.6 4.9 5.7 6.3 5.0 4.3 6.0 6.0 5.3 6.4 5.6 5.4 6.9 7.4 5.5 6.4 4.2 PST-9VN 7.0 5.1 4.7 6.0 4.9 5.4 6.5 5.2 4.2 5.7 5.3 5.6 5.5 5.7 5.1 6.4 6.9 5.1 5.7 3.9 PST-OEB 7.5 6.5 6.0 7.4 7.0 5.7 7.1 5.8 6.0 6.4 6.9 5.2 6.9 5.9 7.5 7.6 7.5 5.5 6.0 5.6 SEASIDE 6.6 5.1 3.8 5.7 3.4 4.9 4.6 3.0 2.8 5.5 4.9 5.1 5.5 1.9 5.7 3.6 5.9 5.0 4.9 3.8 SR 1119 7.3 6.5 5.3 6.8 6.8 6.0 6.5 5.0 4.9 6.0 6.4 4.6 6.2 5.4 7.1 6.5 7.3 5.8 6.1 5.2 SR 7150 6.9 5.5 4.7 6.2 4.7 4.8 6.4 5.1 3.2 5.5 5.6 5.2 7.5 5.3 6.1 6.8 7.3 5.3 6.5 3.8 SRX 1GPD 6.7 6.3 5.4 7.0 6.4 5.6 6.5 6.0 6.3 6.5 6.5 4.6 7.3 6.1 7.5 7.3 7.4 5.5 6.1 5.2 SRX 1PDH 7.4 6.3 5.6 7.0 6.3 5.3 6.6 5.1 5.9 6.0 6.1 4.9 7.0 6.0 7.3 7.2 7.3 5.2 5.7 5.4 T-1 7.6 7.4 6.1 7.5 7.4 6.2 6.7 5.6 5.1 6.7 7.1 5.5 7.0 5.9 7.3 7.8 7.7 6.2 6.3 5.3 TIGER II 6.9 5.1 5.1 6.5 4.8 4.9 5.9 5.4 4.0 5.9 5.6 5.7 6.1 5.4 6.5 7.0 7.3 4.9 6.3 4.0 LSD VALUE 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.3 1.8 0.8 0.7 C.V. (%) 5.9 6.1 7.8 4.6 7.0 8.2 4.6 7.8 8.3 4.5 4.2 8.8 4.2 9.1 9.4 4.9 2.7 20.1 7.9 8.7 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.