The New Business Round: Why Fulton Market Professionals Are Entertaining Clients at Ace Golf Club Instead of a Course

Taking a client golfing used to mean giving up most of a workday — an hour-plus drive to a course, a five-hour round, and an hour back. For professionals based in Fulton Market, that math rarely makes sense anymore. Ace Golf Club is becoming the alternative.

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The Same Relationship-Building, Without Losing the Day

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Client golf works because it gets people out of a conference room and into a few hours of relaxed, low-pressure conversation. That's still true in a simulator bay — you get the same walk-and-talk rhythm, the same friendly competition, the same reason golf has always worked for business relationships. What's different is the time cost: a session at Ace Golf Club runs 60-90 minutes, not an entire afternoon.

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For a Fulton Market office, that's the difference between blocking out a full day for a client outing and fitting one in between two meetings.

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Built for a Group, Not Just a Foursome

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Client entertaining rarely means exactly four people. Our 12 Uneekor-powered simulator bays running GSPro, spread across 8,000 square feet, make it easy to accommodate a small client team, not just a rigid foursome — and our full bar and lounge gives the group somewhere to gather before or after, even if not everyone's hitting balls.

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No Weather Risk, No Rescheduling

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Outdoor client golf comes with a built-in liability: weather. A rained-out round means rescheduling around everyone's calendar a second time — a real problem when you're trying to close something with a client who's only in town briefly. Indoors, that risk disappears entirely.

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The Real Advantage: You're Already in Fulton Market

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Here's what makes Ace specifically useful for client entertaining in this neighborhood: you don't have to choose between golf and dinner. At 219 N Justine Street, you're steps from Fulton Market's restaurant row. Play a round, then walk the group to dinner and drinks afterward — no driving, no second location, no dead time in between. It turns one outing into a full evening without asking a client to give up more of their schedule than they planned to.

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A Private Setting That Matches the Meeting

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Ace operates as a members-only club, which matters when you're bringing clients somewhere that reflects on your business. It's a controlled, private environment — not a walk-in lounge with random foot traffic — built to feel like an actual clubhouse for the kind of relationship-building that used to require a tee time an hour outside the city.

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See membership options at Ace Golf Club and submit an application to schedule a tour.

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