First of all, my thanks to everyone that has tried to help so far. It gives me hope for the game and the community. I know that I can not be the only person with this problem and that someone out there has found the proper fix.
Second, to Juggss6 and SwingingRoofer
my mind was somewhere else when I said that I had a laptop with Win95. That is really old. The laptop I am on right now has WinXP. Not Win95. And YES I will have to get another laptop early next year when Windows stops supporting WinXP. But for now it is still a good workhorse. My wife's laptop is the Dell with Win7 on it and is connected to the big screen which makes it way more fun playing games. But it is not working with the WGT problem.
During this process of trying to resolve this problem, I discovered that there was a malware on her laptop that came from Conduit and was hijacking her search engine. I spent a good portion of yesterday trying to get rid of it and will still be working on it this morning. Don't think that it is the cause of the WGT problem as the problem exists on both of our laptops.
Third, to ScottHope
It was asked if I had tried to play as a guest. I had not, but just now tried and it worked perfectly. So, Scott, do you have an idea as to what that might mean?
Fourth, to XXXPROFESSORXXX and Alosso
I have not yet tried to do anything with Java or Javascript, and I am not sure exactly what needs to be done but I will try today, but with FLASH I did uninstall and install again yesterday with no change.
Finally, I have great respect for the people of the community that go out of their way to help those in need. Alosso, I have seen this from you on many postings and appreciate your, and all other members, help in trying to fix this problem. What I find confusing is that there is no place to go to get help from the WGT techies. They should be the ones that understand the program and system platforms that it runs on and the potential problems and solutions that members may have. I know this is a "free" game, but I am also quite sure that these guys are making a ton of money just selling golf balls, not to mention all other upgrades required to enjoy the game. I know that I have spent more money on this game in the last month that I have been playing it than I have spent in the iTunes store all year. So, rather than them sitting back and letting the forum community deal with technical problems, they should be actively seeking a resolution to technical problems to instill confidence in members who will spread the word and bring more dollars into WGT. But, then again, this is just one man's opinion.
I will keep trying to get this working and with the help of you guys and others maybe I will be able to start participating in multi-player rounds soon.
Thank you all for your help so far and I will continue to let you know the status of my success or failure as time goes by.
David