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I apologize if this has been covered before, but I didn't find any info on it.

I'm just curious how all of you deal with playing from damp or soggy fairways. Not necessarily rainy conditions, but overwatered or oversaturated fairways and areas. I take a fairly average divot when striking the ball from normal lies, but I have a hard time getting nice crisp contact when the ground is really soggy. I don't hit it super fat, but enough to where I lose considerable distance and I don't strike the ball well. I've always played these shots like a fairway bunker. Keeping the lower body fairly still and making sure to try and hit ball first. If you all have any other ideas to hit from soggy lies, I'm excited to hear them.

I don't play anything different from hard conditions to soft. I hit the ball first and take a thin divot. I don't know much about the irons you have, but if they have a wide sole, it will help for someone with bad form to get through in wet conditions. If you have a thin sole its better if you have good ball striking abilities.
But again, I don't loose any distance or have any worse scores in wet conditions. I don't change a thing in setup, form, grip, body movement.

One thing Higher HC golfers get misinformed with on distance is that they are not getting roll. They take into consideration where the ball ends up in dry conditions and think that is their distance for that club. When in reality you should be taking to where it landed not ended up. So when they get into wet conditions they feel they lose 10-15 yards on shots.

Become a high ball hitter and you don't have to worry about the conditions as much

The first thing I do in wet conditions is leave my 3wood in the bag and go to the 5wood. It gets the ball up every time when it's wet. The second adjustment is to hit one iron less to the greens. My shots don't "stick" well whe hit from wet lies and this allows for a bit of a flyer and some release when the ball hits.

other than what you are already doing, i would suggest choking up on the club just a half of an inch, it's not enough to notice a difference in feel, but enough to make a difference with contact.

Off the tee with driver -- I tee it up a bit higher to maximize my carry distance. Since you're getting considerably less roll, this will help offset some of the expected distance loss.

From the fairway -- If it isn't really mushy, I'll take my normal setup. If it's just miserably wet and the shot screams "fat", I'll move the ball back in my stance just a bit.

Normally I would never tell someone to play for the rough, but if the rough isn't bad on the course you're playing in extreme wet conditions, it's not a bad play as long as you maintain your position for the next shot. I do this on a couple of courses around here after a prolonged rainy spell that creates soggy fairways.

One of the biggest issues with playing on wet ground is slipping and sliding with your feet -- so make sure that you maintain your spikes in your shoes.

Thanks, good things to think about. We just got some rain today and I'm playing in the morning tomorrow, so I'll get to work on this first hand.