Ah, golf physics:
The dimples on the ball provide lift. More spin, more lift. My approach, which is not to say is the best approach, is to find the sweet spot on the driver. Which is dependent on the driver and ball combination. I look for maximum carry, and roll for a tail wind.
When hitting into a headwind, applying less spin (ie your top spin), you sacrifice carry in the hopes that the ball will roll more. However, this can be misleading, different courses, and holes lead to unexpected results. Thus, course management.
Generally, for a head wind I will use neutral spin (dot in the middle of the ball), or very little spin, just below centre.
I would pick a hole on a course, and experiment, in low winds, moderate winds, and heavy winds, take lots of notes.
Sometimes, there is no correct approach, but your judgement. On a given course and hole, the results will leave your head scratching. Take note of the topography of the fairways.
There is only one hole I use top spin on the driver, and it is on Olympic, to keep the ball under the tree, on the dogleg right.
Ah, as for driving stats, (avg distance). That too can be misleading, lots of us old-timers have been here for years and did not have benefit of the longer drivers.
Thus, we saw the gradual increase in driver length from 240 yards to the distance of 287 yards. Thus, when you factor in number of rank rounds at the various drivers we have used, the stats then become skewed.
I have been here for some time, and I played with every driver that was release that had more yardage. Needless to say, that is probably couple of dozen drivers.