Eyesight

[Birdman]

I have varifocals with reactorlites. Great for all conditions barring rain. Responded to the Ad fror laser vision ........£345.00 per eye.......wonderful I thought, had the appointment and Oh dear it worked out at £4500 for both eyes. mmmmm something to think about, not.

 

[RGDave]

Responded to the Ad for laser vision ........£345.00 per eye.......wonderful I thought, had the appointment and Oh dear it worked out at £4500 for both eyes. mmmmm something to think about, not.

Yes, same here.

 

[steviep]

My regular playing partner paid about £4500 to get his eyes done and to be fair it has improved his game. I'd like to have them done but can't justify that sort of money, so I'll stick to paying £10 per month for my lenses.

 

[chrisd]

Had laser correction about 7 years ago. Absolutely the best thing I ever did, my eyesight is so good and at 57 and a glasses wearer for 30+ years - wow!

Unlike an earlier poster, I had mine done in Harley Street by one of the best and it cost around £2,500. I now only wear specs for some reading and computer work and often buy 10 pairs for £10 in the pound shop.

Fantastic for my golf too



Chris

 

[SyR]

I've been wearing monthly soft contact lenses for 8 years without any issues...until this September. The night before the Southampton golf meet I managed to either cut my eye while taking my lenses out or an ulcer had formed and burst on my eye. (Docs still don't know which)

I thought I had an eyelash in my eye as it was a bit uncomfortable so I rinsed it out and went to bed. In the morning I woke with a pool of tears in my right eye and couldn't open it. When I finally got it open I could see blurry light from it and my eye was bright red. After numerous trips to the eye hospital and a week of hourly drops it settled down. My vision is still a bit blurred as I have a triangle shaped scar on my lense right over my pupil. The consultant said it will fade with time but may not go completely. As it's over the pupil it impedes my vision.

This has made me wary of continuing with contacts in the long-term as I never want to go through that again. I think I will investigate laser correction once my eye has healed as much as it's going to.
Going back to glasses are a no-no for me as they annoy me and I tend to break them easily (which gets expensive).

 

[rickg]

Wore contacts until 2003 then had my eyes lasered. Best thing I ever did!

 

[Smiffy]

Wore contacts until 2003 then had my eyes lasered. Best thing I ever did!

Unfortunately Rick it severely affected the way you distinguish colours....

 

[surefire]

Interesting responses.

I was thinking about it, because I have just had laser surgery done this week. I haven't been able to go out on the course yet, as I am not supposed to for a few days, but the vision gain is amazing, and I am really looking forward to it. I will be very interested to see what effect if any there is on green reading.

Because I only had the surgery this week, for the last few weeks, I have been wearing glasses, and especially in the rain, I found them a pain in the arse, not to mention the lack of peripheral, which is why I normally wore contacts.
I never had too many issues with contacts, but occasionally, my eyes would get dry, and in really strong winds they would get watery and even blow out.
So, I was wondering how everyone else got on.

Like mentioned above, I did my laser surgery privately with a surgeon of my choosing, and didn't pay £4,500, but I think this is dependent on prescription. However even if it was this much, I would probably have paid, as the results are fantastic, and when you add up all the money spent on glasses and contacts, you're even or better after about 4 years.

Plus the results are fantastic, the day after, when I visited the optician, they set the chart and I read it, and I was waiting for them to move it down, and they told me, no that was the bottom line.
Normally vision is corrected to 20/20 (i.e. at 20' from the chart you can see what a "normal" eye can see 20' from the chart), after the surgery my eyesight is 20/12 (at 20' I can see what is normally seen at 12').

I know I sound like an advert for the surgery, but I really do think it is one of the best decisions I have made.

 

[MashieNiblick]

Normally vision is corrected to 20/20 (i.e. at 20' from the chart you can see what a "normal" eye can see 20' from the chart), after the surgery my eyesight is 20/12 (at 20' I can see what is normally seen at 12').

Take care you don't leave those 20 footers 8 feet short.

Good luck with it. Interesting that a lot of folks on here have had it. I understand Tom Kite, Tiger and Padriag have all had it as well so it guess it works on the course.

 

[surefire]

Well if I do leave them short, its not my technique, its my better than 20/20 eyesight, thats to blame!

I did read a lot about it before doing it, and some sportsmen have gone for it, even when they already had 20/20 vision, to get an 'advantage'.
As well as the list you have given, I know Ian Poulter, Paul McGinley and Retief Goosen have had it done, and no doubt the list is longer.

I find it an interesting subject, a bit like fitness, as it is often overlooked. Many problems are caused by technique, but if you eyes aren't good enough to see grain, or break correctly, even with perfect technique, you will miss out.

Although in my case, any golf improvement will just be a bonus, not my main motivation for getting it done.

 

[SwingSlow]

Contacts in both eyes. Normally I only wear a lens in my right eye, because the amount of correction I need for reading cancels out the effect of the lens in my left eye, but I found that if I only had one lens in then I lost sight of the ball on long drives, so put the other one in. Just can't read the yardage book or the scorecard now.

I think my peripheral vision may be going as well as I seem to lose a lot of balls on the edges of the course.