PGA ACE Audiobooks
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 AvailableACE 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.
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 to support learning, and how coaches can adjust their approach depending on the player, the skill and thei...
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 working less—it's about working smarter, recovering deliberately, and building systems that allow you to perform at your best over the long term.
Wh...
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 Connect — translate into practical action on the ground.
What you'll take away:
A clear picture of the new golfer and what dri...