Callaway has a new division called “Callaway Golf Eyewear.” Callaway calls their eye wear “serious equipment designed to enhance your competitive edge.”
There are three product lines in the Callaway Golf Eyewear offering:
1. Sports Series
2. Collection Series
3. X-Series
This is my 3rd review on CGE products and will cover the X-Series line.
Click here for my review of the Collection Series review.
Click here for my review of the X-Series review.
The model I’m covering today is the S205-bk (black).
Looks
The S205 (“205” for short from this point on) is a cool looking pair of sunglasses. They’re very “manly.” The frames are fairly wide and beefy but very light.
The 205’s do a bit of the wrap around effect on your face and look very aerodynamic. They look great on the golf course but would also work nicely taking a cruise on your Harley.
Technology
The 205 is made of TR90 Grilimid, a composite nylon material that ensures the highest in durability, memory, and resistance to the elements. It is rated #1 in Sport sunglass frame construction. I can bend these pretty far and the snap right back into shape.
The 205 has a lens shape that very importantly covers a large orbital area, so the eye is fully covered and protected from peripheral light and wind.
The lenses of the 205’s (and the Callaway line in general) are made of a patent pending material called Neox. Neox blocks 100% of the harmful blue rays while letting more of the visual spectrum in. Your eyes don’t have to work as hard so they don’t fatigue as easily. The Neox tinting technology also allows you to see more detail on the course and even read the greens better.
Accessories
The 205’s come with a great hard case as do all the Callaway Eyeware products. I don’t really get companies that give you a soft case for eyewear. What’s the point of that? So when they break the soft case contains all the broken glass?
The hard case is spring loaded and seals tight to keep dust out. Obviously the folks at Callaway where thinking because you need a hard case as a golfer. I don’t like putting my glasses in my golf bag without protection. A stray ball could hit the bag, it could take a hit going in and out of the trunk or even a crazed player who loses it could throw a club and hit your bag (that has happened to me before).
Along with the hard case you get a soft slip case. This case is made of special fabric designed for cleaning the glasses.
On the course
Of the 3 lines of Callaway Eyewear glasses I own, I’ve worn the 205’s the most. Funny how I like the least expensive model in their lines at $95.00.
I’ve played a bunch of rounds with the 205’s and I love them. I don’t even realize they’re on my head because they’re so light. The wrap around lenses cover all areas of my peripheral vision, which I like. The shape of the glasses fits great on my head and they don’t shift around at all during my golf swing (and a lot of other stuff DOES shift in my swing).
I’m able to see the lines and read the greens very well with the 205’s. At the end of a long and bright day on the course my eyes are not strained and I don’t get a headache like I can from the bright sunlight and heat.
Conclusion
The 205’s are another excellent product in the Callaway Golf Eyewear offerings. Like the other glasses I’ve reviewed they’re very unique and stylish. They are very tough, flexible and durable. Most of all I’ve played some great golf with them on very bright days with no fatigue at all.
Like I’ve said in my two previous Callaway Golf Eyewear reviews, we have a winner here. David Ledbetter, one of the top golf instructors in the world, apparently agrees with me on this as well. He’s endorsing the Callaway Golf Eyewear line.
I’m about 6 days late on this post so sorry. To say I have a lot of “stuff” going on in my real world would be like saying “John Daly is kind of a redneck.”
So a very happy blog day to my good friend Golf Chick. She’s been blogging about golf for over a year now. Her writing is awesome and I love the angles and personality she has.
(Frosty beverage in air)….A toast to your 2nd year golf blogging Kristen. Here here.
Play was suspended yesterday at the Booz Allen Classic due to weather conditions.
So Ben Curtis will have to try to hold onto his 8 shot lead for his remaining 6 holes today. He’ll be ok.
The coverage is supposedly on The Golf Channel right now but it’s not there.
There are a few golf blogs up in the Great White North (aka Canada). What’s that all aboot aye?
Of course most of us know Robert Thompson and his Going for the Green golf blog. Robert is one of the first golf bloggers. For some reason right now there is an error and I can’t expand his blog to read it. I hope it’s temporary.
The Illogical Golf Blog has been going since December 2005, posting “Illogical thoughts and ramblings from a few golfing idiots.”
“Can a weekend duffer simply take lessons and practice enough to become a pro?” The Going Pro blog is quite an experiment and intends to answer that very question. A guy who calls himself a regular “duffer” is trying to see if a teaching professional can coach him up to the pro ranks.
Here are his stats:
Years Playing: 7
Driving Distance: 190 yards
150 yard club: 6 iron
Clubs: 7 year old PING ZINGS 2
Ball: Whatever I find
Swing Speed: slow
I’d have to say he has no chance at the PGA Tour. Heck his driver goes as far as my 6 iron and I’m a hack compared to a tour player. He does have the chance to become a good golfer during the process though and I think that is the real point.
Aim low.
This week’s Booze Allen Classic first round had nearly 50 players in the field shoot in the 60’s. So much for last week’s U.S. Open playing conditions. We’re back to the dart game. Aim low sheriff, aim low.
Ben Curtis
Ben Curtis has the first round lead with a 9 under 62. This man has game no doubt, but I wonder if he has the mental strength to win on tour regularly. Though this isn’t a strong field with most of the big guns resting after The U.S. Open, a victory for Ben would silence some skeptics. I’m one of those skeptics.
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