Sport Rx Glasses for Golf

[Brenngun]

My 15 year old golfing sunglasses finally gave up the ghost. I'm looking for a good quality replacement and have looked at the usual suspects i.e. Adidas, Oakley and a few others. My current pair had a polycarbonate front lens with snap in Rx inserts. The front lens was changeable so I could use a clear one on cloudy days and tinted for sunny days. It all worked well but was a bit of a pain sometimes to swap them.

During my search I'm finding products that use the same insert system but also ones that have a full Rx front lens with no inserts. If anyone here has experience with both versions my question would be which did you prefer and why. I also found a product by Rudy Project that looks very interesting. They're designed specifically for golf. I've added the web link below. I'm not familiar with their products. Has anyone here purchased these glasses or any of their sport Rx models? I'm looking for comments on quality, fit and general results.

Thanks for the help.

https://www.rudyprojectna.com/pages/golf

[Wcdhtwn]

I don’t have much specific info to help but know that Rudy Project’s cycling glasses are very high quality.

[watchmavan]

As a cyclist I have used Rudy on and off for 20 years. Their products are very high quality.


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[winst]

Originally Posted by watchmavan

As a cyclist I have used Rudy on and off for 20 years. Their products are very high quality.


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Same here - very good experiences with their glasses.

[JasoninDenver]

These guys in Denver are the best for sports and tactical shooting glasses.

https://sportsoptical.com/

I have had several pairs made by them including Rudy Project. They do work with out of state customers.

Plus, its a veteran owned business.

[shaunylw]

I’ve been wearing Oakley golf glasses for 20 years. Now they have a specific shade just for golf, and it’s great. Oakley Prism golf is worth looking into.


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[Brenngun]

Originally Posted by Wcdhtwn

I don’t have much specific info to help but know that Rudy Project’s cycling glasses are very high quality.

Originally Posted by watchmavan

As a cyclist I have used Rudy on and off for 20 years. Their products are very high quality.


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Originally Posted by winst

Same here - very good experiences with their glasses.

Thanks for the quality check. Anyone use them with an Rx lens?

Originally Posted by JasoninDenver

These guys in Denver are the best for sports and tactical shooting glasses.

https://sportsoptical.com/

I have had several pairs made by them including Rudy Project. They do work with out of state customers.

Plus, its a veteran owned business.

Will check them out. How would you rate your Rudy Project glasses? Any chance you have an Rx lens?

Originally Posted by shaunylw

I’ve been wearing Oakley golf glasses for 20 years. Now they have a specific shade just for golf, and it’s great. Oakley Prism golf is worth looking into.


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I've checked them out and they are definitely in the running. Read a lot about the Prism lens. Are yours Rx?

[JasoninDenver]

Originally Posted by Brenngun

Thanks for the quality check. Anyone use them with an Rx lens?




Will check them out. How would you rate your Rudy Project glasses? Any chance you have an Rx lens?




I've checked them out and they are definitely in the running. Read a lot about the Prism lens. Are yours Rx?

Yes, I have used Rudy Projects with an rx until my correction became so bad it was outside of what the physical capabilities of the frame would allow. Brent, the owner, specializes on perfecting the focus spot best optimized for your sport. For mountain biking, he raised the transition line slightly to give me a more expansive mid range focal zone that allowed me to have clearer focus on trail obstacles within a range of about 30 feet. For my everyday glasses, i have more long distance bias that is great for driving and longer distance vision.

Top quality results. These guys really know what they are doing. I will probably have a set of rx ski googles made this year as well.

[wrx04]

Lots of things to consider….age, Rx, lens material, tint, etc…

Without the details….I'd suggest a single vision distance lens in trivex. Personally, I like a polarized lens, and technically a brown tint helps with contrast better than gray, but that is debatable. Do you want them to be sunglasses, or just clear lenses to golf in?

Brand likely doesn't matter a whole lot, but I prefer Maui Jim, Oakley, or Bolle. Rudy Project is good as well, but not my preference.

[shaunylw]

Originally Posted by Brenngun

Thanks for the quality check. Anyone use them with an Rx lens?




Will check them out. How would you rate your Rudy Project glasses? Any chance you have an Rx lens?




I've checked them out and they are definitely in the running. Read a lot about the Prism lens. Are yours Rx?

they are not, i wear contacts. I have had Oakley prescription lenses and they did not work for me for golf. They slightly changed the normal viewing angle and i couldn’t play in them. For anything outside of golf i think they would be perfect. They were really expensive though, something like $400 with the prescription lenses.


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[Brenngun]

Originally Posted by wrx04

Lots of things to consider….age, Rx, lens material, tint, etc…

Without the details….I'd suggest a single vision distance lens in trivex. Personally, I like a polarized lens, and technically a brown tint helps with contrast better than gray, but that is debatable. Do you want them to be sunglasses, or just clear lenses to golf in?

Brand likely doesn't matter a whole lot, but I prefer Maui Jim, Oakley, or Bolle. Rudy Project is good as well, but not my preference.

My normal glasses are bifocal but I would only need a single vision lens. I'd like to have changeable lenses. One polarized and tinted for sunny days and one clear or a color that allows at lot of light through for cloudy days. My current ones use an RX insert that clips inside of changeable front lenses.

Originally Posted by shaunylw

they are not, i wear contacts. I have had Oakley prescription lenses and they did not work for me for golf. They slightly changed the normal viewing angle and i couldn’t play in them. For anything outside of golf i think they would be perfect. They were really expensive though, something like $400 with the prescription lenses.


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Were these with the front lens Rx and no inserts or did they have standard front lenses with Rx inserts? This is important. I haven't had any viewing angle issues with my previous glasses but they used an insert method not front lens Rx method. I wonder if that makes a difference?

[NYC6]

Costa Del Mar’s, they’re primarily used by fishermen( myself included) and they make fantastic quality lenses. I have several pairs including a pair with readers ground in, fantastic clarity. I do know others who have prescription version and all thumbs up.
https://www.costadelmar.com/en-us/pr...ion-sunglasses

Randolph is another brand I’m partial to that make great sunglasses including prescriptions. Supplier of sunglasses to US Military pilots.
https://www.randolphusa.com/