Visiball Glasses Review

Grade: B-
Teacher’s Comments: It can help, but you still have to know where your ball went.

Every golfer has had the experience of watching a ball roll just off the fairway and then—upon arriving at the location—finding that it is nowhere in sight. Nestled amongst a tuft of grass, the ball stubbornly refuses to be found. I can’t count the number of shots I’ve added to my score on account of balls lost in plain sight.

Visiball claims to have the solution, and indeed, in many situations, they’re right.

Visiball glasses are designed with special tinted lenses that turn everything in your view into a shade of blue—except the golf ball, which stands out as a glowing white. if you’ve got the right general area, and any portion of the ball is visible, these glasses will make it easier to find. You can see the effect in the image below:

I’ve found that the glasses work very well when the ball’s in the rough, and isn’t immediately spotted. With these glasses, white really stands out.

But that’s also the first limitation of the glasses. Everything that’s white really stands out—scraps of paper, the underside of leaves, and other bits. I usually see a couple of likely targets before hitting on the real thing. Sometimes I see a LOT of white spots.

Of course, the glasses also don’t help if the ball is under something, or behind something. There’s got to be enough of the ball exposed to cast a glow. I don’t think it works very well in shaded areas. And you still need to have a good idea of where the ball landed

But for what it’s intended for, the Visiball works pretty well. When a quick visual scan doesn’t turn up the ball, I put on the Visiball glasses, and take another look. If I’ve got the right area, and the ball is in the open, it turns up pretty quickly.