Monarch Bay Golf Club - Tony Lema Course

I drove an hour to play this course I have played a dozen or so times before just to arrive and find out the greens were sanded and punched was not pleased especially since golf season had just started when they should have either done this before warm weather and or not had done it at all

-Tee boxes: TRASHED! This is one of the most disappointing things about this course.
-No starter. Even though it wasn’t terribly busy, it was a little chaotic.
-Carts geocaches to disable on certain holes, but not just the par 3s or heavily worn spots like you’d expect. Entire fairways on some (par 4/5) holes were not accesible by cart. No signs or other warning of this. Frustrating.
-Despite the incredible amount of recent rain, the course grass looked in very I’ll health. For such a beautiful setting right on the bay, the course was hideous.

Pros:
-Very forgiving course, with open layout… you can often hit a clean 2nd shot off the neighboring fairway.
-Fun and challenging course design.

Had a fun time playing, knew there was aerification going on that day but what wasn't mentioned was playing the front 9 back to back. Going to remind myself never to play when aerification is in progress, I was on the beach every single hole LMFAO

My wife and i had a great day playing this course. Course was in great condition. Nice range, chipping and putting green. The views were beautiful and we got pair up with 2 great guys.

The fairways are in horrible condition. If you hit a shot to the middle of the fairway, don’t expect to find your ball on grass. If I ever play this course again, I’ll bring a small 2X2 hitting mat. To be fair, the greens are in good condition, if only players would bother to fix their ball marks. Pace of play was 5 hours +.

Not a bad golf course. The only complaint I have is the group behind us that did not have patience and would play right at us. Even when waiting for the group in front of us to finish on the green or leave their approach shot we were told by the group behind us to "hurry up". Had another group ahead of us that picked up my golf ball and never put it back in the same spot and stole it. I do not knownif thats how the regular's play at this golf course but after those incidents my attitude towards the rest of the round killed my game as all I was thinking about is hurrying up and hoping I don't get my golf balls stolen. Anyway, greens are challenging and the ammentities from the range to the clubhouse are excellent.

Played during lull in rain. Sloppy in fairways was expected. Overall enjoyed round with only 1 lost ball due to rabbit hole. Not inclined to reach down under. Putting pretty good as all were firm.

Course is in decent shape. Need work on fairways. There are too many bald spots with dirt/mud. They have cut back some. “Trouble” rough area which makes the course easier to play.

Greens are in decent shape and shots will hold the green if hit properly.

Tee boxes also need work. Brown spots as well as uneven lies. The tee boxes should be flat and have grass

A couple tee boxes were uneven. Fairways and rough have seen better days but the greens were fantastic. Pace was slow. I think they set people up 8 minutes apart so the round lasted almost five hours. Don’t play this course after 3, the wind can be brutal

Real fun course with some beautiful views. Although it had rained the night before the course was still in good shape and greens were well kept. Can’t wait to play in better weather.