Backspin may be the clue.
With the high level G20 driver and the SD balls (*) I use backspin when ever I want max. distance regardless of the wind - it seems quite uneffected by side wind. Some nice drives are in my replays.
(*) same two dots for spin & distance than the GI-SDs but only half price
Only exception is St. Andrews - there I don't wanna sacrifice the nice roll - I'm experimenting with topspin there in headwinds.