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But to answer the question my club face is always neutral unless we're talking wedges...that would be a whole new thread. My custom multi compound grips are spine aligned and I use it as an alignment aid on all my iron shots. Its my ball positioning and swing path that vary between irons depending on what the lie and yardage are.
Forgive me if I am to sound like some sort of expert here as i am not. Ball position is kind of tricky thing imo. I tend to play the ball more forward in my stance. But have gone back and forth with this. The bottom of the swing arc is still the bottom in relation to the head, shoulders and full extension and irons should strike the ball just prior to that bottom whether back or forward "if" I have that logic correct. I would think if thats not correct then we would be taking 6inch deep divots when we place the ball back.
So with that (if correctly) said, then if the hands are closing the club face a bit too much at point of contact it should happen whether the ball is a bit up or back because it would be the same. Logic might seem to say that it may be easier to lead with the hands better with the ball back (to help prevent a closing face) and while this may be true for a short pitch or easy punch out it doesnt seem to have to be true with a full swing where the wrists are hinging much more and again the bottom of the arc and contact is the same. I just found it easier yesterday to open the face a bit vs forcing the hands to lead too much or adjusting the swing path too much both resulting in over doing it the other way. Finding that happy medium between doing iether of those things too much or not enough proved to be more tasking than simply opening the face a bit. Moving the ball position had no effect on any of it. Same good and bad results with any of the adjustments regardless if the ball was forward or back.
Dont really try to get fancy with my irons. I'm not good enough so i generally try to hit them straight. If I'm slightly drawing or fading them simply by default then thats great too. I just happened to be over drawing the ball yeasterday at the range which can happen some times and is why i braught this up and what i didi to fix it. I will however utilize swing path changes when my driver and woods are working well. A little turn of my shoulders at address iether a bit in or out does the job well to initiate a desired shot shape with those clubs. But i stress that is when/if I'm hitting them well and consistent for that day. Otherwise its just try to keep the ball in the fairway without getting fancy.