Best Golf Lens?

[iD]

I had a patient who's an avid golfer ask me about a golfing transition. I can't remember the name of it right now. However, I realized I have nearly no knowledge about any golfing lenses. I did some research and there's quite a few different types. Any of you come across any or can shed some light on it?


Thanks.

[edKENdance]

Here's a link to an article by Barry Santini of this board. It's by far my favourite and ends in one page. :)

http://www.2020mag.com/l-and-t/27492/

[iD]

Here's a link to an article by Barry Santini of this board. It's by far my favourite and ends in one page. :)

http://www.2020mag.com/l-and-t/27492/

thanks for the article.

[Barry Santini]

Here's a link to an article by Barry Santini of this board. It's by far my favourite and ends in one page. :)

http://www.2020mag.com/l-and-t/27492/

Thanks for the kind comment!

B

[eryn]

Neox - green/yellowish transitions. I think they are only available in Callaway frames.

[D_Zab]

Neox - green/yellowish transitions. I think they are only available in Callaway frames.

Neox is a proprietary brand only supplied by Walman labs but it is an excellent lens for golfing. A lot of the advertising around it talks about it being restricted to Callaway frames but that is not true. If you are going to order it get the performance mirror coating with it, the only complaint I've ever heard is that people don't like how they can see their eyes through the lens when looking in a mirror and the performance mirror coating was added to combat this.

Here's the link to the transitions page: http://www.transitions.com/en-us/pro...wear/callaway/

[Chris Ryser]

as Barry says in his article:

DEPTH PERCEPTION
To visually track a golf ball against a variety of backgrounds or ground contours, maintaining depth of field is essential. Therefore, dark lenses featuring low transmittance levels are not conducive to good depth perception. Most performance lenses designed for golf feature transmittance levels approximately 15 to 20 percent greater than typical general purpose sunglasses.

- See more at: http://www.2020mag.com/l-and-t/27492....nWEHV80R.dpuf

Just plain simple and logic.

[Happylady]

Definity Fairway is a progressive designed for golf.

[WFruit]

Well, there's the Shamir Golf....

As for colors, the Neox Green is the only one I know of that says it's specifically for golf. Although I would think, given the colors, that a Drivewear lens might work fairly (horrible pun) well.

Out of curiosity, does anyone know how the colors compare between the Neox Green, and the Transitions Graphite Green?

[D_Zab]

Out of curiosity, does anyone know how the colors compare between the Neox Green, and the Transitions Graphite Green?

Transitions green is more like G15 color, sort of a dark emerald when seen indoors and more greyish looking in natural sunlight. I put up a couple of pictures of it here:
http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...nsitions+Green

Neox is a Green-Yellow as a standard color and it darkens quite a bit and has a little bit of an amber color as well in full sunlight. If I could get the picture uploader to work I would put one up.

[CME4SPECS]

I find it interesting that everyone thinks that this color or that color is best for golf. Have any of you watched the pros play? They don't wear sunglasses when they hit the ball, they remove their glasses so that they may see in natural light. They wear them on top of their head most of the time, and if it wasn't for a sponsorship deal they wouldn't wear them at all.

[golfnut]

I find it interesting that everyone thinks that this color or that color is best for golf. Have any of you watched the pros play? They don't wear sunglasses when they hit the ball, they remove their glasses so that they may see in natural light. They wear them on top of their head most of the time, and if it wasn't for a sponsorship deal they wouldn't wear them at all.

The only ones that could do that are the ones wearing contacts or that don't need corrective lenses. The real issue would be for the rest of the golfers that need it. I personally have been wearing the Nike outdoor photochromic lenses and love them. I actually prefer the pop they provide. I also play an optic yellow ball and it seems to stand out a little better. The green lenses definitely work well with a white golf ball as a general rule. I don't need correction and I generally remove them while I putt. I have also worn the Maui hc lenses and liked them as well although putting with them took some getting used to. That will probably just be a personal preference as I have fit many people with them at their request. I want to try the neox lenses and the transition autumn gold??