Set up and Ball Position?

[saevel25]

Just wanted to get an idea as to how you all figure out how to set up consistantly to the ball. My biggest issues are;

1) I get the ball to far back in my stance

2) I stand to close to the ball

3) My aim will gravitate to the right over time, its pretty slow so it catches me off guard sometimes

I tend to go by the same width in the stance for every full shot with the irons. It might vary a bit, maybe 1-2 inches from 4 iron to PW, but its pretty set. The driver is always slightly more wide. But i don't prescribe by the Jack N's style, were he keeps the ball the same spot but just widens or shortens his stance. I am more, move the ball slighly back for shorter irons, slight more up front for logner irons. Its probably less dramatic since my stance does shrink a bit, if it was the same width then i would need to move the ball around a bit more. But when i think i put my ball in the center of my stance, its actually like 2 ball lengths behind the center of my stance. So how do you determine you know you got the ball in the position you want. I can work on number 2 & 3, thats not to hard, but ball position drives me nuts because my eyes are not telling me the right thing.

[mdl]

I stand behind the ball and trace my eyes on a line from my aim point to the ball and choose a spot maybe 6" in front of the ball. Then I approach the ball, aim my club face perpendicular to the line to the 6" spot I picked, then take my stance.  I generally don't have too much trouble with alignment anymore.

For ball position I work similarly to you.  I've got a pretty much standard stance width for iron shots, like you maybe a tiny bit wider for the longer irons.  Balls middle of the stance for scoring irons, maybe 2" forward of that for a 3i-5i.

I've found for ball position if I pay attention to my body and arms it's very clear where it is.  Set up with weight balanced and your club in the grip and hand position you want, and it's pretty clear to me at least if the ball is more than half a ball away from (my) standard position.