Loss of power when ground is wet?

[GHIN0011458]

I was thinking about it, and I am not taking roll and firmness of fairways into consideration. Just strictly a wet tee box. Let's just say a sprinkler broke just on one tee box but the rest of the course is dry. Do you think you lose power when hitting drives off of a wet tee box? I ask because of two things- 1) When you push your weight down through the swing you push into the ground a little bit vs pushing straight up on a firmer tee box and 2) Slipping around in mush might cause some loss of power maybe? Not sure, but figured I would ask.

[CarlSpackler]

I know that I have a tendency to spin out on a wet tee box, but otherwise I don't think it has a huge impact.

[Patch]

I would agree that if the supporting ground used in one's golf swing is suspect, then there will probably be a loss of distance in a shot. How much I couldn't knowingly give a good guess. It stands to reason that if a golfer is swinging on normal, firm turf, their swing will be more effective in transferring power.

I don't wear spikes most of the time. I have been told in the past by folks in the know, that if I wore spikes, I could get a few extra yards out of my swing.

[David in FL]

Anytime footing is compromised, I tend to try to keep my lower body more quiet and my swing a bit more compact. That tends to result in a little loss of distance for me....

[NJpatbee]

Hard to quantify, but anytime the footing is at all unsure it is likely to result in a loss of power and decrease the accuracy of the shot.

[Lihu]

It's always possible that you simply hit the wrong part of the face, because you are slipping around. Even 1/2" off the optimum location robs a lot of power from your drives. . .

[iacas]

Minimally at most.

If the tee box is so bad it's muddy or something, they'll close it or I'll tee off from somewhere else (this assumes it's a casual, non-tournament round) so as not to damage the tee box.