saltiresfan: My understanding of the spin glitch is that sometimes when a putt is conceded you can't put spin on the next shot.
This is exactly right. It used to be almost automatic if you conceded a putt that ended a hole, the next player up on the tee would experience this glitch-back spin on the drive caused it to come out like it was punched with a big yardage loss.
It was addressed and fixed but still pops up once in a while. The fix is to let the timer run out on your shot. You can also tell if this is necessary because when you try to move the spin dot on the ball it only goes up 1/2 way but goes way below the ball when moving it down.
No cheat, just a workaround. :-)