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Playing Golf With Contact Lenses

For most sports, perfect vision is crucial to reach any form of success and golf is no exception. In order to enhance your performance, high visual acuity is a necessity, but you still need to be comfortable while playing – something that is a common factor among golfers on all skill levels. However, if your eyesight is not naturally faultless, you will have the choice of either wearing glasses or contact lenses to improve your eyesight. But which alternative will be the most comfortable while also helping improve your game?

While it is possible to play golf while wearing glasses, you might find that it is not as comfortable as playing with contact lenses. There have been situations where glasses have fallen to the ground in mid swing or fogging up in warmer weather. You could, however, purchase a pair of sports goggles or glasses, which would hopefully eliminate these issues. The downside with the prescription sports goggles or glasses is that they are quite expensive. And as you probably would want these glasses to feature anti-glare lenses, the price will increase even more.

Moreover, on bright sunny days, many players prefer playing with sunglasses. Eye doctors recommend this practice, as overexposure to the sun’s rays could damage your eyesight even more. However, prescription sunglasses are also quite expensive, so wearing contacts and regular sunglasses is a cheaper alternative.

However, if you should choose to wear lenses, keep in mind the wealth of choice you have – which admittedly can be quite overwhelming.

For example, soft contact lenses are very comfortable to wear and they will fit your eyes perfectly throughout your round of golf and the rest of the day. Also, many of today’s contact lenses come with UV-protection, minimizing the risk of corneal damage from long-term exposure to the sun. If you do not want to spend too much time worrying about contact lens maintenance and care, you could choose to wear daily disposable contact lenses. Monthly contact lenses are just as good, but they will require you to clean and store them daily.

There are other advantages with contacts that are worth mentioning, such as unobstructed field of vision and better peripheral vision. However, keep in mind that there are also some disadvantages. If you are allergic to pollen, wearing contact lenses can pose a major problem even on lighter days. Pollen can collect on your contact lenses, obstructing vision and aggravating or inflaming your allergy.

Also, if your contact lenses fall out, it will be all but impossible to find them again on the course.

The best thing to do is to seek advice from your local eye doctor and make sure to have an open dialogue about the advantages and disadvantages of contact lenses.