descent analogy
in some ways yes. but like in both sports, much has to do with technique.
for golf, it's easier to keep your ball flight truer or lower if you wish if you're using muscle backs or blades. i'm not too 100% sure of whether there are things you can do with a regular shaft that you can't do with a low deflection shaft though. LD pretty much can do it all, but for some i think the sacrifice is the very subjective issue on "hit" or "feel", this would have an impact on weight when it comes to positional play.