Educating Empowering Enhancing Lives
starts with the Adaptive Golf Academy™
Our Team of award-winning Adaptive Golf Coach Professionals / Trainers have extensive coach-player and program development experiences which has made the Adaptive Golf Academy known as the authority on accrediting coaches to teach individuals with adaptive needs safely and effectively. We are committed to helping you and your organization learn best practices and what is needed to develop an adaptive golf program for your community.
The Adaptive Golf Academy is a PGA of America recognized golf school and educational entity for adaptive golf programs nationally, bringing Golf and Therapy Professionals together with Adaptive Golf Mentors of a variety characteristics to better enhance lives through the game. The AGA Adaptive Golf Coach Training curriculum, has been the official coach training entity for the Adaptive Golf Association since 2006, as well as numerous other organizations across the country with coach training and program development needs to include the United States Adaptive Golf Alliance (USAGA.org), PGA of America's PGA HOPE "Helping Our Patriots Everywhere" initiative (helping to launch 24 VA Hospital programs since 2014 in conjunction with a Department of Veterans Affairs Adaptive Sports grant award), Georgia State Golf Association's Adaptive Golf Program launch in 2015, Upstate Carolina Adaptive Golf in 2019 (https://ucagnow.org/) to as recently as the Indiana Golf Association in Summer of 2023 and many other not-for-profit organizations for clinics and competitions.
The Adaptive Golf Academy™ Coach Training Workshop© is accredited by the PGA of America for "PDR's" (Professional Development Requirements) and the American Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Associations (per individual state approvals) to award "CE's" (Continuing Education) credits ensuring the highest training standards are met.
The Coach Training Workshop curriculum is a culmination of over two decades of first-hand adaptive golf lessons and experiences from Adaptive players, PGA Teaching Professionals, Physical/Occupational/Recreation Therapists, Doctors and Clinicians. Since inception in 2006, Adaptive Golf Academy™ workshops have been conducted in 32 states training over 1300 coaches to teach and develop adaptive golf programs which has manifested over the years to engaging and impacting "thousands" of individuals in their recovery.
Thank You to those of you making a difference for others through Adaptive Golf!