Which has more resistance ... the ground, or air?
If playing into the wind, I always play slight overspin to keep the ball from climbing and letting the wind kill it.
BUT, if the wind is behind me, I find that backspin often allows me longer drives because the ball stays aloft longer and rides the wind. The only exception Is if I'm hitting to a down sloped fairway where roll might come into play. Backspin will make your ball pretty much check up after landing whereas over spin gives better roil after landing.
Back when I had starter clubs only to use, there was a hole at St. Andrews (7th, I think) where you couldn't even reach the fairway into the wind, and the only chance was to hit that narrow walkway with overspin and hope that if it landed in rough, the overspin would allow to run just far enough to reach the fairway grass.
It's why the first purchase I ever made on WGT was to get a 250 yd driver (I believe the G10 was the cheapest - it was so many months ago, I don't recall what I bought, back then). ... hope this helps...