Many players tend to align themselves to the right, which causes them to come across the ball on the swing, causing slices, hooks and mishits. The John Daly Syndrome affects players who think they have to muscle every drive 350 yards. In doing that, they quicken the pace of their swing, causing the same bad hits as improper alignment.
Alignment is a visual technique.
Lay two clubs parallel to each other about two feet apart, like railroad tracks. Tee the ball up in the middle of the two clubs and place your toes on one of the clubs. Your body and the parallel clubs should form a T-square. That will give you proper alignment. Distance is relative to the squareness of contact.