I'm having a hard time making solid contact with my Irons and Wedges, I keep pulling the club into the turf behind the ball much like a bunker shot so the ball flies off in various directions, and not very far
I may be using too steep a downswing, but also I think I may have the ball in the wrong place in my stance.
The problem is I've seen different explanations of where the ball should be for long, mid & short irons - I thought I knew to move the ball back in my stance as the clubs get shorter, but I've seen other players keep the ball just off their left heel for everything down to maybe an 8 Iron and I also have an instructional dvd by Bob Toski where he hardly seems to move the ball in his stance either, so is there any kind of rule of thumb for this or do you just 'accidentally' find the right ball placement by trial and error?