Playing in glasses

PhilTheFragger said:
Try trimming your eyebrows, they can hold a lot of moisture which can get transferred to the lenses if your specs are too close to your face, same problem with sweat in summer.

If it's teaming down I wear a big bush hat, only issue then is rain dripping off the rim onto your ball whilst putting.

Another reason could be bursting into tears after a bad shot, but I'm sure we can discount that :) :)
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The swinging corks would annoy me. :whistle:
 
North Mimms said:
I couldn't play in my varifocals, so finally took the plunge and had my eyes lasered a few years ago.

Freeedom!
(And I can wear eye make up again but I guess you're not too bothered about that...)
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I did the same and I could wear eye makeup too if I were so inclined!
 
Get them lasered, I did and it's one of the best things I did. Not reaching for specs in the morning or worrying about cleaning contact lenses after I've had a few is great
 
Varifocals here , use baseball cap for all but the heaviest of rain when I just give in and take them off. Lasering is not an option so just get with it, makes marking a card bit hit and miss though :o
 
I play in glasses, in the rain it is so difficult. I just wear a cap and that tends to keep the rain off my goggles! In summer I usually wear contacts so that I can wear my Oakley Sunnies
 
I recently tried a pair of varifocals using Specsavers free 30 day trial, I couldn't get on with them at all though and they never even made it to the golf course.

My standard glasses I wear all the time when playing. Rain can be a bit of a nuisance and I also find the lens distortion at the edges can play tricks when I'm putting so I pick the line before I get over the ball and ignore any change-of-line thoughts once I'm over the ball.
 
North Mimms said:
I couldn't play in my varifocals, so finally took the plunge and had my eyes lasered a few years ago.

dont mind playing in my varifocals, better than not wearing glasses but I did not think that laser treatment would do owt for people requiring later surgery.

Freeedom!
(And I can wear eye make up again but I guess you're not too bothered about that...)
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Try trimming your eyebrows, they can hold a lot of moisture which can get transferred to the lenses if your specs are too close to your face, same problem with sweat in summer.

If it's teaming down I wear a big bush hat, only issue then is rain dripping off the rim onto your ball whilst putting.

Another reason could be bursting into tears after a bad shot, but I'm sure we can discount that image: http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/images/smilies/smiley.gif
:)image: http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/images/smilies/smiley.gif
:)
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phil that bit about trimming yer eyebrow tash does it really work
 
Tashyboy said:
Try trimming your eyebrows, they can hold a lot of moisture which can get transferred to the lenses if your specs are too close to your face, same problem with sweat in summer.

If it's teaming down I wear a big bush hat, only issue then is rain dripping off the rim onto your ball whilst putting.

Another reason could be bursting into tears after a bad shot, but I'm sure we can discount that image: http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/images/smilies/smiley.gif
:)image: http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/images/smilies/smiley.gif
:)
Read more at http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/showthread.php?75156-Playing-in-glasses#7XqSC9COPYzG4f6p.99

phil that bit about trimming yer eyebrow tash does it really work
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Not sure you should be telling a lady to trim her eyebrows, and implying she sweats.:whistle:;)
 
Large peak cap and a brolly! I normally wear varifocals and can't play in them, so swap over to single prescription lens specs. Only problem is - keeping a score card when you can't see the blooming thing!!!!
 
Interesting some of the replies here.

My left eye is no good and can only be corrected by a cornea transplant and I'm too squeamish to contemplate this atm :(

So I use varifocal(s) although unlike others I can play golf in them fine. For those using a single prescription - is the ball at the feet distance in the same overall in-focus range as when following its flight down the course?
 
JohnnyDee said:
Interesting some of the replies here.

My left eye is no good and can only be corrected by a cornea transplant and I'm too squeamish to contemplate this atm :(

So I use varifocal(s) although unlike others I can play golf in them fine. For those using a single prescription - is the ball at the feet distance in the same overall in-focus range as when following its flight down the course?
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A friend of mine has had eye problems for many years.

Problem 1 if he's in a hazard / bunker he's not allowed to ground his club to gauge the distance/ reach / depth to the ball.

Problem 2, he has to depend on his F/Cs to watch his ball flight for safety reasons , and he wouldn't find his ball otherwise.
He unfortunately suffered a detached retina in what was his good eye, now after 2 failed operations to re- attach it he can only see shadows through it .

We've told him to apply for partial blindness exemption, but he refuses .
 
richart said:
I used to wear glasses for golf, but my eye sight has improved over the last few years. An advantage of getting old.;)
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You tend to get longer sighted with age. My problem was that I was slightly long sighted to start with, and once the eye muscles gave up in my mid-forties I had to start wearing glasses, initially only for reading but then all the time. Now wear verifocals for everyday use, but these are hopeless for playing golf in, as the ball appears to move every time I move my head even slightly. Generally either wear a pair of plain distance glasses or contact lenses for playing golf, always wearing a cap to protect my eyes from UV because I am in the early stages of developing cataracts. The cap also keeps raindrops off my glasses if I am wearing them and helps to cut down glare when it's sunny. If it's really wet I wear a wide-brimmed rain hat. :)
 
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