Two eyes not four

[philly169]

So today I took the plunge and got a set of trial contact lenses to help me with my golf, being short sighted I need glasses to see anything far away, it's not too bad, just blurred.

So after years of wearing goggles to play golf I will be swapping them for contacts.

Anyone else made the jump and any success stories?

 

[In_The_Rough]

Contacts are great. Been wearing them for around 20 years!!! People tend to get daunted by them but don't they are a doddle. Are you going with disposables or monthlies or something else.

 

[Fader]

Haven't had the courage to even try hitting a ball wearing my glasses yet. Maybe I should as been crap all year, if I do get round to trying to play in them and do well I could blame my crap form on my eyesight!


Hmmmmm I've had an idea....

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Yup - go with contacts - you'll get used to them. No more wiping rain and drips of sweat of your glasses or pushingthem back up the bridge of your nose when over a putt. Been wearing contacts for near 30yrs and recently gone vari-focal lense glasses (it's an age thing) and dailies for my contacts. I mix and match - but usually play with contacts.

 

[G1BB0]

been toying with it myself Phil, got some disposables upstairs but always rush before golf so forget lol.

Might be the way forward

 

[garyinderry]

ive been wearing contacts for the last 12 years. a fear I have is one falling out when playing at a nice away course. it really would spoil my enjoyment. I have a few disposable spares in my car and the odd time in my bag. I would struggle to get a lens into my eye out on the course without a mirror.


In saying that, I remember the first time I wore them to play football. it was unreal.

 

[chrisd]

Had mine lasered and never regretted it

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

When I'm wearing contacts I always take my glasses with me. Often I'll take a spare lens as well. I used to wear gas permeables and you could rub your eyes all day long with them rarely going anywhere - not so with disposables - and sometimes I forget.

 

[G1BB0]

just dont have a few ales and fall asleep with them in.... it bloody hurts the next morning

 

[In_The_Rough]

just dont have a few ales and fall asleep with them in.... it bloody hurts the next morning

Too true. Think it can do more than hurt though, heard of tales of trips to the Hospital as they become glued on

 

[garyinderry]

Too true. Think it can do more than hurt though, heard of tales of trips to the Hospital as they become glued on

I have a mate who used to wear disposables for weeks at a time. how he managed to do it is beyond me. after 12hours my eyes are dry as a bone. he has since seen the errors of way. thankfully before he lost his sight. silly bugger! skint students eh?

 

[In_The_Rough]

I have a mate who used to wear disposables for weeks at a time. how he managed to do it is beyond me. after 12hours my eyes are dry as a bone. he has since seen the errors of way. thankfully before he lost his sight. silly bugger! skint students eh?

Me too, if I wear mine all day come bedtime I cannot wait to get them out. He has been a lucky boy TBH.

 

[garyinderry]

if im on a long boozing session its not so bad. they can last as long as I can. staring at laptop or tv screens makes them dry out very quickly.

 

[In_The_Rough]

Staring at screens is definitely the worst as you say. I only wear them for golf or if I am going out to a restaurant/bar

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

...heard of tales of trips to the Hospital as they become glued on

Only because they were too whoosie to get really stuck in to their eyeballs with their fingers

 

[In_The_Rough]

Only because they were too whoosie to get really stuck in to their eyeballs with their fingers

Never happened to me. I know the Optician I saw told me once one chap had to go to Hospital as he went to bed with them in and when he got up in the morning his lens was stuck and had to go to A&E to get it removed. They did it eventually but from what I remember it was a tricky process. It is common sense though use them properly and follow guidelines and you should not have any problems

 

[Odvan]

ive been wearing contacts for the last 12 years. a fear I have is one falling out when playing at a nice away course. it really would spoil my enjoyment. I have a few disposable spares in my car and the odd time in my bag. I would struggle to get a lens into my eye out on the course without a mirror.

I have contacts but only wear them on holiday or if the now rare occurence of a game of footie rears its head. I always carry my specs, a spare lenses and some solution (travel size).

I don't think i'd struggle without a mirror, more so knowing i'd have dirty/sweaty hands or more likely, a sudden gust of wind blowing the one replacement contact I had right out of my finger meaning a comical moment on my hands and knees looking for it as the group behind looks on in bewilderment

 

[Alex1975]

I got contacts about 2 months ago, before that I did not use anything as I do not ware my glasses away from the office or sofa. I found I could stand up easier on my putts and feel more comfortable over the ball on the green. No other plus or minus effects apart from I look sexier on the sofa and in the office.

 

[CMAC]

tried it and after 15 minutes of pulling my eyes around it wouldnt come out and I looked like I hadnt slept for 3 days.........love the idea and freedom it gives but a bloody nightmare to put in and out

 

[In_The_Rough]

Never had a problem removing them. I can now put them both in and take them out in under a minute without even using a mirror. When people struggle I wonder if they have the right lens for their eye or whether they eyes are suitable at all for them.