If you hit up on the ball, you'll launch your drives higher with less backspin, and that creates more distance. I like the visual of the ball being at least somewhere near my left heel.

Most amateur golfers scoop iron shots with a swing off the back foot and either catch the ground behind the ball in a fat shot, or hit the ball off the bottom of the club in a thin. Learn to transfer ...

OK, so those are all of the wrong ways to keep it low, how about the right way? Smith taught Leonard how to properly shallow out his downswing to limit backspin and keep the ball low.