Today, 4 of us played Styrrup Hall near Rotherham, a fairly long course of 6306 yards.

Struggled on the front 9 for a gross 9 over par total. Decided to change my ball on the 10th tee, to a new Bridgestone the pro was selling for only £1 each. Well, actually, i lost the ball in a ditch next to the 9th green to be honest.

Result? Back nine in 1 under par gross, for a 36 point round.

Question is, would i have continued playing badly if i had not lost my ball and changed make? Or was it just a case of a game of two halves?

Honeymoon period Allan but well done   Bridggys's have been my choice of ball for the last 3 seasons and will be this coming, give them another outing to decide.

I've often changed golf balls after a bad front nine.

Then on the back nine shot a good score.

Doesn't seem to last though!!!

Russ

I changed to Bridgestone last year, sure dramatic improvements in consistency.

For the winter gone to a srixon soft as the greens are soft and no need for spin off my b330s 4 piece ball. 

 Which Bridgestone did you use for the back nine?  

Allan, did you hit a few shots and have a proper warm up before the front nine.  If not, then I suspect this may have had something to do with it!

Did all that and to be honest, i have the flu, so was feeling even worse by the 10th than i did on the first!

 I'd put it down to your swing Al.