Welcome to I Tried It, a GOLF.com series about golf items — apparel, gear, accessories, etc. — that we’ve recently taken out for a spin. We’re here to give our honest, no-frills takes on the latest and greatest golf or golf-adjacent items. So, scroll down to read about what we love about golf’s newest (or new to us) products.
Readers of this space know that I often use my husband, Paul, a Phoenix-based club pro, as a guinea pig of sorts. He’s a frequent sounding board for me on golf topics of all kinds, but is especially useful in the gear space, where he can offer feedback and insight on and array of men’s products and other gear that I haven’t used.
The latest test case: Scheyden sunglasses. Scheydens are manufactured in Japan, and designed with top performance in mind for pilots, fishermen and golfers, with lenses that feature a multi-layer coating process for superior optical clarity and comfort.
Scheydens are worn on tour by LIV Golf’s Paul Casey, and Scheyden’s golf line made an immediate splash when it was introduced on the PGA Tour Champions. Now, more than three-dozen players and caddies wear Scheyden sunglasses — more than on any other tour.
While Scheyden’s glasses aren’t gender-specific, the sample I received last year — the brand’s Looper model — was a bit big for my face but a perfect fit for Paul.
As Arizonans, sunglasses are life — essential for driving and basically every outdoor activity. So I asked Paul to give the Loopers a test run and let me know what he thinks.
Spoiler alert: It’s been months, and Paul’s previous pair of glasses has been cast by the wayside, with the Scheydens taking up the mantle as his new go-to. What does he love so much about them? It came down to three primary factors.
Scheyden Looper
They look cool. The Loopers have a large rectangular frame that looks sporty yet refined, enabling you to wear them anywhere. And if you take a browse through the photos of the players and caddies who wear the Looper, you can see that the style is pretty much universally flattering.
They’re comfortable. No nose pinch, and no feeling of heaviness on the bridge of the nose or the top of the ears either. Paul said the glasses also fit seamlessly underneath his hats.
You can read the green with them. Before the Scheydens, Paul said he did not wear sunglasses while playing golf. But now, he puts them on in the morning and wears them all day — and he can easily read the green with them on too, which hasn’t been the case with previous pairs. Turns out, that’s all part of Scheyden’s design, with the brand highlighting the fact that they’ve found the perfect level of lens contrast and color to allow wearers to keep the glasses on during their entire time outside.
