The evolution of golfing eyeglasses first inspired by President Eisenhower

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You may or may not remember “the good old days” of the American presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Yes we are talking about the 1950s – a time when American culture was thriving with new musical developments, advances in technology never before seen, and the homecoming of WWII soldiers, giving way to the baby boom. With the sprawl into suburbia, golf clubs were designed and constructed throughout the country to pamper the needs of a more consumerism focused population.

President Eisenhower enjoyed the best
that technology could offer.

An avid golfer, Eisenhower took his game to new levels, emulated by many. He could often be seen driving through the course on his motorized golf cart – the envy of many.

Another enhancement he used was the adjustment of his bifocal lenses into a lower position so that
he could see above his reading zone to aim at hitting the golf ball on the ground. This technique is
still commonly used in eyeglasses made even today (see picture below). By doing so, his reading
zone no longer interfered with his swing.

Bifocals copied from the ones used by President Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s. Optical center dots are way below the pupil.

However, a side effect of dropping the optical centers so far below the pupils is that it can induce prism. Prisms have the effect of bending light and leading you to believe that the golf ball is not
where it actually is. Being able to decipher the letters on an eye chart does not mean those
letters are located exactly where they appear to be through eyeglasses with prism.

The more diopters of prism that get induced, the further away an object appears to be from where it actually is.

This can leave many wearers of such bifocals woofing the
golf ball despite all their practice and not understanding why.

Much has happened in the evolution of technology since the 1950s. The same is true in the eyeglass lens industry. Invisible progressive lenses are now available that give such incredibly clear and accurate vision without noticing any lines or creating any eye strain, that it seems unjustifiable that customers continue to choose to follow an outdated trend that causes distortion and eye strain. They do so now only because there is not enough awareness of the more advanced options available.

The evolution of technology may be more apparent to the average consumer in areas such as automobiles and computers, after all when it comes to eyeglasses, clear glass is just clear glass right? Not entirely. The machines that grind the prescriptions into the glass, cut the lenses to shape, and grind them and polish them have evolved with tremendous advances. The coatings continue to be improved upon again and again.

If you think perhaps you are wearing eyeglasses of a nostalgic value, chances are your vision can be greatly improved upon. There is no
need to settle for the standards of eras gone past.

Contact us at Vision Fore Golfing and we can help you get back
on your way to having the sharper clearer vision you deserve today.