Where to Impress Your Clients
These five courses will help you seal the deal.

By Joe Passov
Senior Editor (Courses/Rankings)

It's an old axiom that as much business gets done on the golf course as in the boardroom. A round with a client at a top quality course can help your bottom line. These quality, publicly accessible venues — mixing geographic locations — are the ideal places to seal your negotiations.

Grayhawk Golf Club
Scottsdale, Ariz.
480-502-1800, grayhawk.com
Classic rock is piped into faux-stone speakers on the driving range, the beverage cart girls are famous for their hospitality and efficiency and there are pre- and post-round libations to be had in Phil's (as in Mickelson) Grill. Toss in two solid desert tracks, Talon and Raptor (shown here), the latter a Tom Fazio design that hosts a PGA tour event in October, and you've got the ingredients for an instant business relationship.

Credit: Lonna Tucker