PGA LEVEL 3 ADVANCED TEACHING AND
COACHING COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION 2026 FULL SOLUTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉What should an instructor do when teaching someone who has
lost a limb? Answer: He should learn how to hit shots emulating the
disability.
◉What determines the transfer of golf skill learning? Answer:
Amount and direction of transfer is largely a function of the
similarity of the relationship between structure of the skills and the
stimulus conditions.
◉What is often challenged when teaching a player with a disability
or injury? Answer: Making pre-concluded notions
◉What is the effect of shortening a driver by 1.5 inches? Answer:
Lowers swing weight by 9 pts and makes shaft stiffer (+/-3 swing
weight points for every ½ inch added or taken away)
,◉What is often a trade-off during the club fitting process? Answer:
Distance for greater accuracy.
◉How is a 1/64" undersized grip created? Answer: Stretching it ¾"
past its original length or using a larger grip core size for the shaft
butt size.
◉Which analytic technique pays the biggest dividend in improving
teaching? Answer: Systematic observation.
◉As a rule, where should the player tee the ball on the tee in
sidewind conditions? Answer: The side in which the wind is coming.
◉Based on research, at what speed should a skill be mentally
rehearsed prior to actual performance? Answer: The same as the
actual performance. (The same speed)
◉The Instructional staff at a new driving range rotates to take
lesson bookings.Due to the high demand of lesson bookings, the
instructors are missing out on lesson opportunities. What is the
most appropriate action the management team should take to
address this situation? Answer: Have a business plan created
specifically for instructional programs. Or hire another qualified
instructor
, ◉A Teaching professional wants to spend facility resources on game
tracking software for her elite-level players. Her facility has recently
adopted a new growth of the game initiative. What would be a
source of potential conflict in this scenario? Answer: Defining the
business - different goals between instructor and facility.
◉What are the two major ways to structure swing change
movements through rehearsal? Answer: Skills and transfer practice
◉What situation justifies substituting mental practice for physical
practice? Answer: When the student cannot physically practice.
(travel, golf unavailable, injury, illness)
◉What term is used to describe learning the skill of putting on a
practice green and effectively transferring to various greens on the
golf course? Answer: Stimulus Generalization
◉According to the course manual, when working with a less
experienced player on the course, what lesson content would be
most appropriate? Answer: Course etiquette, rules, putting
technique and situational shots, club selection and full swing
technique.
◉What term is used to describe transferring a learned skill of a 20-
foot chip onto a practice green to a 50-foot chip on the same practice
green? Answer: Response generalization
COACHING COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION 2026 FULL SOLUTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉What should an instructor do when teaching someone who has
lost a limb? Answer: He should learn how to hit shots emulating the
disability.
◉What determines the transfer of golf skill learning? Answer:
Amount and direction of transfer is largely a function of the
similarity of the relationship between structure of the skills and the
stimulus conditions.
◉What is often challenged when teaching a player with a disability
or injury? Answer: Making pre-concluded notions
◉What is the effect of shortening a driver by 1.5 inches? Answer:
Lowers swing weight by 9 pts and makes shaft stiffer (+/-3 swing
weight points for every ½ inch added or taken away)
,◉What is often a trade-off during the club fitting process? Answer:
Distance for greater accuracy.
◉How is a 1/64" undersized grip created? Answer: Stretching it ¾"
past its original length or using a larger grip core size for the shaft
butt size.
◉Which analytic technique pays the biggest dividend in improving
teaching? Answer: Systematic observation.
◉As a rule, where should the player tee the ball on the tee in
sidewind conditions? Answer: The side in which the wind is coming.
◉Based on research, at what speed should a skill be mentally
rehearsed prior to actual performance? Answer: The same as the
actual performance. (The same speed)
◉The Instructional staff at a new driving range rotates to take
lesson bookings.Due to the high demand of lesson bookings, the
instructors are missing out on lesson opportunities. What is the
most appropriate action the management team should take to
address this situation? Answer: Have a business plan created
specifically for instructional programs. Or hire another qualified
instructor
, ◉A Teaching professional wants to spend facility resources on game
tracking software for her elite-level players. Her facility has recently
adopted a new growth of the game initiative. What would be a
source of potential conflict in this scenario? Answer: Defining the
business - different goals between instructor and facility.
◉What are the two major ways to structure swing change
movements through rehearsal? Answer: Skills and transfer practice
◉What situation justifies substituting mental practice for physical
practice? Answer: When the student cannot physically practice.
(travel, golf unavailable, injury, illness)
◉What term is used to describe learning the skill of putting on a
practice green and effectively transferring to various greens on the
golf course? Answer: Stimulus Generalization
◉According to the course manual, when working with a less
experienced player on the course, what lesson content would be
most appropriate? Answer: Course etiquette, rules, putting
technique and situational shots, club selection and full swing
technique.
◉What term is used to describe transferring a learned skill of a 20-
foot chip onto a practice green to a 50-foot chip on the same practice
green? Answer: Response generalization
