PGA LEVEL 3 STUDY GUIDE - 3.0 EXAM
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is an example of a pre-swing adjustment? - ANS Posture, ball position, grip, alignment
What adjustments are recommended prior to making in-swing adjustments? - ANS Pre-swing
How can a student overcome negative effect or interference in competitive pressure
situations? - ANS Increase practice under pressure & playing conditions
What is lacking when newly introduced swing changes are lost between lessons? -
ANS Practice/play
What types of changes are easiest to learn and often result in rapid improvement in
performance? - ANS Pre-swing corrections
What is the most important shot in golf? - ANS The next one
What is one way that players can achieve realistic goals? - ANS Set realistic goals
What is recommended immediate post-shot means for controlling one's emotions following a
poor shot? - ANS Post-shot routine
What do pre and post-shot routines provide? - ANS Stay in present/manage emotions
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,What pre-shot routine problem could cause a poor shot outcome? - ANS Club, distance,
target, alignment, ball position
What must one learn in order to gain the benefits of the progressive muscle relaxation
technique? - ANS How to recognize undesirable tension & then relax it
Why is it important to have students with similar skill and fitness levels, motivation and
experience for group instruction? - ANS More likely to benefit
What type of player is best served by individual lessons? - ANS Advanced player
What is a group lesson advantage? - ANS Cohesion, increased learning
What is the correct planning assumption behind a skill development sequence for individual
lessons? - ANS Sequence info, skills with well developed plan
How should teachers respond to lessons that are getting off track? - ANS Clear vision of
lesson purpose, back to goal
Why should one have contingency plans? - ANS In case lesson goes in a different direction
What should be included in Long term player development planning? - ANS Written
programs, purpose and goals, key skills, knowledge
What is the purpose of golf instruction from the standpoint of long-term lesson planning? -
ANS Improve performance
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, What is the difference between a lesson plan and a long-term developmental plan? -
ANS Long term over multiple lessons
How does the PGA define the elite player for purposes of developing a long-term player
development plan? - ANS Competitive high school player
What is one misconception regarding who is best qualified to teach people with a disability or
injury to play golf? - ANS Person from outside golf industry
What is often challenged when teaching a player with a disability or injury? - ANS Pre-
concluded notions
What is the best course of action if a teacher is unsure of what to say to a player who has a
disability or injury? - ANS Ask the student for advice
What should an instructor do when teaching someone who has lost a limb? - ANS Learn to
hit shots emulating disability
What is the cognitive rehearsal of a physical activity in the absence of any observable muscular
movement? - ANS Mental practice
What is a conscious experience in which a player uses all her senses to create or re-create the
execution of a motor skill in the players mind? - ANS Motor imagery
The student Relates primarily to which type of imagery if she is unable to learn from a face-on
video of her swing? - ANS Internal
A student relates primarily to which type of imagery if she is able to learn from a face-on video
of her swing - ANS External
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2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is an example of a pre-swing adjustment? - ANS Posture, ball position, grip, alignment
What adjustments are recommended prior to making in-swing adjustments? - ANS Pre-swing
How can a student overcome negative effect or interference in competitive pressure
situations? - ANS Increase practice under pressure & playing conditions
What is lacking when newly introduced swing changes are lost between lessons? -
ANS Practice/play
What types of changes are easiest to learn and often result in rapid improvement in
performance? - ANS Pre-swing corrections
What is the most important shot in golf? - ANS The next one
What is one way that players can achieve realistic goals? - ANS Set realistic goals
What is recommended immediate post-shot means for controlling one's emotions following a
poor shot? - ANS Post-shot routine
What do pre and post-shot routines provide? - ANS Stay in present/manage emotions
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,What pre-shot routine problem could cause a poor shot outcome? - ANS Club, distance,
target, alignment, ball position
What must one learn in order to gain the benefits of the progressive muscle relaxation
technique? - ANS How to recognize undesirable tension & then relax it
Why is it important to have students with similar skill and fitness levels, motivation and
experience for group instruction? - ANS More likely to benefit
What type of player is best served by individual lessons? - ANS Advanced player
What is a group lesson advantage? - ANS Cohesion, increased learning
What is the correct planning assumption behind a skill development sequence for individual
lessons? - ANS Sequence info, skills with well developed plan
How should teachers respond to lessons that are getting off track? - ANS Clear vision of
lesson purpose, back to goal
Why should one have contingency plans? - ANS In case lesson goes in a different direction
What should be included in Long term player development planning? - ANS Written
programs, purpose and goals, key skills, knowledge
What is the purpose of golf instruction from the standpoint of long-term lesson planning? -
ANS Improve performance
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, What is the difference between a lesson plan and a long-term developmental plan? -
ANS Long term over multiple lessons
How does the PGA define the elite player for purposes of developing a long-term player
development plan? - ANS Competitive high school player
What is one misconception regarding who is best qualified to teach people with a disability or
injury to play golf? - ANS Person from outside golf industry
What is often challenged when teaching a player with a disability or injury? - ANS Pre-
concluded notions
What is the best course of action if a teacher is unsure of what to say to a player who has a
disability or injury? - ANS Ask the student for advice
What should an instructor do when teaching someone who has lost a limb? - ANS Learn to
hit shots emulating disability
What is the cognitive rehearsal of a physical activity in the absence of any observable muscular
movement? - ANS Mental practice
What is a conscious experience in which a player uses all her senses to create or re-create the
execution of a motor skill in the players mind? - ANS Motor imagery
The student Relates primarily to which type of imagery if she is unable to learn from a face-on
video of her swing? - ANS Internal
A student relates primarily to which type of imagery if she is able to learn from a face-on video
of her swing - ANS External
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