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PGA ACE Audiobooks

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The PGA ACE Audiobooks have been developed for PGA Members, providing accessible and practical learning across a range of topics relevant to today’s golf industry. Each audiobook is designed to support your ongoing professional development and to be listened to at a time and pace that suits you. 🎧 ACE Credits Available ACE Audiobooks are eligible for ACE Credits. To receive credit, PGA Members must complete the ACE Audio Application Form and provide a brief reflection outlining their key learnings and how they intend to apply them in their role.

Recent Episodes

SEP 28, 2026
Back in the Swing - Coaching Golfers Returning After ACL Reconstruction
Back in the Swing explores how PGA Professionals can support golfers returning to golf following ACL reconstruction, and the important role coaches can play alongside the golfer’s medical team. Based on an evidence-informed return-to-golf framework, the audiobook introduces a six-phase progression — from putting and short-game activities through to full swings and a graduated return to the course. It also explores how coaches can manage golf-specific progression, recognise potential swing co...
34 MIN
AUG 26, 2026
The Science Behind How Golfers Learn
The Science Behind How Golfers Learn explores how players learn, practise and develop golf skills, and what this means for PGA Professionals in their day-to-day coaching. Based on motor learning principles, the audiobook introduces three phases of learning — Understanding, Practice and Performance — and looks at how the needs of a player change as they move from learning a skill to being able to perform it with greater trust and consistency. It also explores how practice can be structured t...
28 MIN
JUL 27, 2026
Coaching the Coach: Performance Wellbeing for PGA Professionals
Coaching the Coach: Performance Wellbeing for PGA Professionals Coaching is a profession built on giving to others—but what happens when your own wellbeing is quietly running on empty? Based on the latest Australian Institute of Sport research into coach wellbeing, this ACE Audiobook explores why personal wellbeing isn't separate from coaching performance—it's the foundation of it. Through practical examples and golf-specific scenarios, you'll discover how sustainable coaching isn't about w...
21 MIN
JUN 22, 2026
Big Swings 2026–2030: The Next Evolution of Golf in Australia
Golf is Australia's biggest adult participation sport — and it's still growing. But the people entering the game right now are younger, more diverse, and looking for something different. This audiobook unpacks the Big Swings 2026–2030 strategy and what it means for PGA Professionals working across coaching, facilities, game development, and leadership. You'll explore the key shifts in who's playing golf, what they want, and how the industry's three core commitments — Evolve, Belong, and Conne...
19 MIN