Jeff Parrish

Growth In the Stock Market Is In What You Know!

One way of making your money grow is investing in the stock market. Stocks are how companies grow without securing bank loans. The investor buys the company stock (shares) and receives interest in the form of stock dividends. Share holders can affect the ... Read >

Learn to Save: Acquiring Discount Car Insurance in Iowa!

There are just a small handful of states that do not require drivers to purchase car insurance and Iowa is one of those states. However, while Iowa may not require that you purchase car insurance, Iowa does require that you be able to prove financial resp... Read >

The Mechanics of Multi-Layer Golf Balls

Why do new multi layer balls used on tour spin less than the old tour balls off the driver but spin the same as the old wound balls off the wedge? Ryan Dees, Gainesville, Fla. During the collision between the driver and the ball (which lasts for less t... Read >

Learning from Tiger Woods

In watching the PGA Championship this year, I marveled at how Tiger came from nowhere and finished in 3rd place at 2 under par (2 shots off of the lead). If Phil Mickelson hadn't hung on, this performance of Tiger's could have tied or even won the champi... Read >

An Introduction to the Game of Golf

While golf has been quite a popular game throughout the world, there are still many people who have no idea what the game is really about. Some people even dismiss it as a stupid sport where people hit balls just to follow them endlessly. People are quite... Read >

The Perfect Golf Game

What's your idea of a perfect round of golf? If you were to shoot 72, would that be a perfect round to you? The best players in the world only hit approximately 70% of their fairways and 12 - 13 of their greens in regulation when they play, and yet, the... Read >

A Look at Used Golf Clubs

Today, used golf clubs have become a more than viable way for one to get themselves a good set of golf clubs at a fraction of the cost of new ones. In fact, if you are relatively new to the game of golf, I would suggest that you never invest your good dol... Read >

Before You Buy Used Clubs

The most fun part of starting any new activity is often getting the gear, and the same is true for golf. There's a certain pleasure derived from going to the hardware store and picking out your first golfing glove, buying your first box of balls and of co... Read >

A Simple Solution to Your Game

How many of you have gone to the local pro shop or golf store, bought the latest and greatest club, and found that it did not help your scores at all? I imagine all of us can say yes to this question at some point in our golfing careers. The reality of... Read >

Understanding Clubhead Lag in Golf

"It is simple, elusive, indispensable, without substitute or compensation and always present".- Homer Kelley What is lag? We've all heard this term. Lag can be defined as, "trailing" or "following". Golf Instruction tells us we need to have it but w... Read >

A Guide to Takeaways and Backswings

what happens at the end. If you execute the takeaway and backswing properly, you'll hit the ball with accuracy and power. If you don't, you'll hit the ball off-line and with little power. A proper takeaway is critical to a good swing. Like the catalys... Read >

An Overview of TOWD

The TOWD (True Orbit Weighting Dynamics) design family of putting instruments are for those players seeking an advanced skill level. By inducing a precise and repeatable putting stroke, through a near perfect arced pendulum effect, with a consistent, pass... Read >

Golf is Good for You

Believe it or not, golf is actually good for your health. Even the United States Golf Association thinks so; they also advise that you should walk the golf course and try to avoid - as much as possible - riding golf carts. Although riding golf carts i... Read >

Getting Your Arms and Body Coordinated

And, then, for no apparent reason, you lose it. You can't do anything right. Your drives miss the fairways. Your approach shots fall way short. And your chip shots run by the hole and off the green. Good shots are far and few between. And when you finally... Read >

Pitching From The Fairway: Tips and Tricks

Pitching accurately from the fairway, as I mention in my golf lessons, requires good distance control. That's not easy to achieve. The tendency is for your swing to be either too long, in which case the clubhead decelerates through impact, or too short, i... Read >