Letter of Recommendation: 'High-Visibility Golf Balls'

Lots of people suck at golf, of course — most do, really. It’s just that many prefer to confront their ineptitude aspirationally, shelling out hundreds of dollars for all sorts of space-­age clubs that promise longer drives, straighter shots and miraculously generated backspin. It’s amusing that the only guaranteed game enhancer, whose utility is explained in its very name, is one that far too often languishes in the pro shop, overlooked and unloved. Best of all, high-­visibility golf balls help you do the work of self-­betterment all by your lonesome, allowing you to identify your problems so that you can fix them yourself. At this point, my game has improved to the point that my blinding yellow Bridgestones have begun to feel like training wheels. But there’s a part of me that isn’t quite ready to let them go. They gave me a little bit of light when things were at their darkest.