In 2016, Emily Braithwaite competed for Rutgers University at the Collegiate Turf Bowl, an annual event sponsored by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). At Turf Bowl, competitors identify diseases and insects and calculate application rates of chemicals and fertilizers, among other things. Braithwaite and her teammates were all women. When they got to Turf Bowl, they realized they were the only all-female team. That’s when Braithwaite realized that something needed to change in the male-dominated world of turf management.