In the world of business, just doing your job well isn't always enough to get you that corner office. Often it's how you play the game and sometimes that game is golf. Golf has long been a past time used in business to build relationships but it can be a deal breaker if you don't know a driver from a putter.

So, if you're no athlete and your client wants to meet over 9 holes of golf to talk shop, what do you do? It's a quite a dilemma, because you want to say yes to keep his business, but you also don't want to make a fool of yourself.

When you call to accept, be sure to be jovial. You may want to own up to your inability to play. They may appreciate your candor and be more forgiving of a bad performance on the links if you admit it up front.

Ok. So, you've accepted but you still don't know how to play. Don't despair.

There are ways of catching up quickly. You won't look like an expert in just a few days or weeks but you'll be able to play the game without embarrassing yourself.

It may be helpful to spend a little cash and take a lesson or two from a golf instructor. Their rates range from $8 an hour to $100 for really big names. This will help you to at least know the fundamentals of the game and speak the lingo.

Maybe you'll get lucky and you will find a golf instructor willing to give you a package deal or a special on their daily rates.

When you find an instructor let him know your situation and don't try to be able to master the game with only a few lessons. Find out as much as you need to know to get you through 18 holes respectably.

In the end, your score isn't what's important. It's bonding with your client, having fun and furthering your career that really matters.

In addition to business, this author also frequently pens articles regarding ice packs for knees and reusable heat pack.

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The Champions Club is one of Florida's finest gated golf communities. Featuring the 18-hole Championship course, more than half of the 368 home sites are located along the Fox Hollow Golf Club. The remaining lots have beautiful views of lakes and woodland preservations.

As the final design in his series, world famous designer Robert Trent Jones, Sr, created the Fox Hollow golf course for The Champions Club. The masterful layout of this par-71 course is a 7,138-yard long course has played host to qualifying rounds of the U.S. Amateur Publinx and the Senior PGA Tours GTE Suncoast Classic. With it's ambitious fairways and cavernous white sand traps, the course horseshoes through a 15 acre lake which is incorporated into four holes that make for score killing water hazards.

With seven Mediterranean-themed villages, the community features homes built by some of the most well-known construction companies in the Tampa Bay area. The Champions Club is located near the $1.5 billion master-planned community of Trinity.

The Mediterranean architecture can be found inside and outside the 10,000 square foot clubhouse. With a 4 million dollar investment by the community, the interior of the clubhouse has Tuscan inspired columns, arched windows, travertine marble floors, wrought-iron chandeliers, vaulted and coffered cypress wood ceilings.

With a fully equipped fitness center, spa, and massage rooms the clubhouse is loaded with ways to relax and unwind. After your workout or spa treatment freshen up in the luxury mens and womens locker rooms. Enjoy outdoor activities give the 75-foot competition swimming pool and whirlpool spa a try or relax in a chaises by the pool or on the beautifully landscaped sun deck. You can also enjoy a competitive game of tennis on the two club tennis courts.

Located about 60 minutes away from the Tampa International Airport, traveling to The Champions' Club could be easier even for those who live and work primarily on the West Coast or in the Northeast.

Final Remarks

There are many gated communities in Florida to choose from. The choices can be confusing when evaluating a Florida gated community to buy your next home. Once you see the amenities in the Champions' Club in Trinity you're sure to see what makes this community stand out.

Hubert Miles is the founder of Gated Communities USA which features the best Gated Communities in the USA and Internationally. Find information on The Champions Club.

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Alabama has much to offer in the way of luxury homes within private and gated communities. Hoover is the biggest suburb of Birmingham in north central Alabama. The city is located in Jefferson and Shelby Counties with a population of nearly 73,000. By all estimations, the Hoover area is expected to continue to experience growth over the next decade.

Located among the beautiful Appalachian Mountains foothills, Hoover has become the home of many planned communities. The communities in the Hoover area offer amenities like golf courses, tennis and fitness facilities.

The Hoover area has a median home price of about $248,000 as of October 2009. This is up from the 2000 median home price of $176,400, but down from the $363,800 median home price before the recent recession. Most real estate experts feel that is downturn is only temporary and that prices will rebound over the next few years.

One of the premier luxury home and resort communities in Hoover is The Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa. The community features luxury homes priced from $240,000 to over $1,000,000, town homes from around $220,000 to $260,000, and condos from $169,900.

Ross Bridge is also a popular resort destination that features a 259 room luxury resort with a 12,000 square foot spa facility. The resort features a wide assortment of luxury amenities including spa treatments, swimming, tennis, and championship caliber golf.

The golf course is home of the Regions Charity Classic and is the newest course on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. This resort 8,191 yard golf course was featured in the New York Times and called "some of the best public golf on Earth." Hoover also has many local amenities with a multitude of entertainment, dining, shopping, and cultural options.

Birmingham is also home to the world famous Talladega Superspeedway, the International Motor Sports Hall of Fame, Birmingham Museum of Art, the Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park, and the Alabama Adventure theme park.

Hubert Miles is the founder of Gated Communities USA which features the best Gated Communities in the USA and Internationally. Find information on Communities in Alabama.

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