tomab:
Lately when I start with pressing "play now" I get a pop up window that says "join a country club".
That window often locks my screen. I cant close it. Have to kill my browser and start over again. Usually I get to the play screen on 2. or 3. try. Sometimes even on first try. But this bug is really ennoying.
I use Windows 10 and Firefox newest version.
You might try setting your browser start up page to the game client and when you open your browser it will load directly to the game client. I haven't had to click on PLAY NOW for years.
I play with one browser with the start page as the game client and use another browser for everything else. Also neither browser is used for anything other than WGT.