Best colour ball for short sightedness

[bighairydel]

My eyesight has got worse over the past few years and to the point now where after about 160/170 yards I lose track of it.

Today I hit a bright pink ball I had found and noticed I could track it much easier.
I’ve tried yellow balls and not really noticed much difference tracking them compared to white.

I like to play a ‘tour’ urethane covered ball (Wilson staff model x, pro v1x etc) but they all have limited colours available.

Does anyone have a similar issue and recommend a certain colour or ball for best visibility?

I have recently gotten glasses but I’ve tried to play with them but just seem to get on with them. My close up vision is distorted and feels weird. I maybe need to persevere if I can’t find what I’m looking for.

Any help appreciated!

 

[RichA]

Are your glasses varifocals? I couldn't get on with them for anything except driving the car.
I can only play golf in single distance glasses. Anything further than 6 feet is in perfect focus so fine for everything except the scorecard.

 

[bighairydel]

No just single lenses. Distance is fine, close up is weird like double vision kinda way. Probably need varifocals I reckon but I was hoping to fend off wearing them for as long as I can!

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Are you talking about tracking the ball in the air- ie against the sky

Or on the ground

I find pink easy to track against the sky, but pink is hopeless on the ground for me.

The best all round for me is lime green/ yellow,

But then again, I’m me

 

[bighairydel]

Yeah through the air. Literally will hit a drive and never see it land. Add in a grey sky and I’m screwed even more so.

 

[KenL]

Yellow for my poor eyesight. The Titleist yellow is good.
If you want a good value ball try the tour soft.

 

[bighairydel]

Tried the yellow and it’s not much better than white through the air for me.

 

[IanM]

Yellow is definately easier to see against a grey sky.

I had an eye test last week and they've tweaked my contract lens prescription. I was suprised how much it improved my golf vision.

 

[KenL]

Contacts are way better for golf than specs.

 

[Skytot]

Pink & Orange are awful for me bring colour blind . White , yellow or bright green is my prefer colour

 

[sunshine]

A few years ago I had a bright yellow nike mojo ball. It was almost fluorescent and great in winter, I could even see it when it was hiding in the trees. Really helpful off the tee, my mates started joking that it was impossible to lose.

Unfortunately I played hide and seek with it once too often.

You can still get them on ebay etc. Not a premium ball but good enough for winter.

 

[sunshine]

Whatever you do, don't use blue or red balls. I'm not colour blind and I can see them in the air, but they are impossible to see when they drop below the horizon.

 

[Orikoru]

I've been using these things in the winter: https://www.hotgolf.co.uk/product/s...2_1738669027_f3ae4dc84050baef100aeeec87b9864a

They're kind of hideous really, but they were bloody handy when the course was covered in frost for two weeks. I went to them a few weeks too early as they were terrible when there were loads of leaves lying around.

Anyway, they might be worth a try as maybe the two-tone nature means you've got two chances of seeing it?? As in orange might be good in the air while yellow is good on the ground? Q-Star Tour is not a bad ball either.

 

[Mandofred]

My eyes have never been great at distance....slowly getting worse lately I think (at 67). I can see white or yellow just fine in the air, but once it lands out towards 200 I can't see them unless the sun is out. I can't tell yellow from white on the ground until I'm less than 50yds away. I played with a guy a few years ago that played a bright pink type ball I could see better. I was just walking along the fairway yesterday and a really bright red Callaway was plugged down in the mud a ways and it caught my eye like a magnet.

 

[patricks148]

I found the pink easiest to see esp in winter. in saying that ive not seen any for a while

 

[jim8flog]

My eyesight is reasonably fine but I am like

PhilTheFragger​

when it comes to pink balls​

I once bought a dozen pink balls played with one for 4 holes and gave them all away.

I virtually always play white as it is best all round colour. Yellow has always been my go to colour for misty and foggy conditions except for autumn.

I have found some yellows really hard to spot in the long grass e.g Volvik vivid.

 

[inc0gnito]

My eyesight is ok (I think) but I also lose track of the ball as soon as it hits the sky on longer shots. not a problem except with drives, as I often don't see the direction it goes in in the first place!

I've not found a colour that works.