Monarch Bay Golf Club - Tony Lema Course

Everything was very good or excellent; however the greens were recently punched which was a surprise. I'm looking forward to playing the course again with smoother greens.

Greens were punched and sanded but new that going in. Pro shop staff SUCKS. They’re rude the girl there couldn’t look up from her phone the whole time you’re checking in. No starter just go out whenever so there are twosomes and singles out on the course. Tee boxes very sad shape uneven ball is above or below your feet so I would just move to any are that was flat. Fairways great shape. Trees are still laying down instead of being removed and you can tell they’ve been down for some time. Hopefully by summertimes the course will be better

The course was in great condition considering all the rain. The greens were smooth and fast. The pro shop staff is very unprofessional with no customer service at all. The terrible and unprofessional proshop staff service needs to be addressed by management.

This was my first time playing the course and the fairways were in horrible condition. They were hard and had far too many bald spots. Players should be rewarded for hitting the fairway and have a good lie. The greens were in pretty good shape though. Pace of play was actually really good. The 45-50mph winds causing me and ither golfers to end the round early are not a part of my negative review as that's not at the fault of the staff. I may consider playing again if they work on the course and lower the green fees a little.

I wished the greens were as smooth and fast as the practice green. I didn’t get my wish. The actual greens were softer and slower.
The bunkers were very good. The tee boxes were patchy and uneven.

This is a challenging course that could be great with a few simple fixes. First, the tee boxes need significant work. They are very uneven making it difficult to find a firm stance or hit a clean drive. Second, signage giving direction to the next hole or, at times, identifying the hole, is sorely lacking. Third, the carts have been ‘upgraded’ with GPS in such a way that assists course management but interferes with the game. The upgrade does not include a screen to show you course layout and distance to the flag. Instead, it locks the cart up at random distances from the green requiring you to back the cart up beyond a line marked by two yellow stakes, one or both of which you may not be able to see from your current position. A screen giving course layout, distance to flag and a warning of approach to the lock-up point would serve management’s purpose while providing a benefit to players instead of aggravation!

Other than that, as I said earlier, it is a challenging course. The greens and fairways are in great shape. I indicated that I would recommend the course but only with a warning about the issues noted above.

Beautiful views, good maintenance for a public course, greens were in good shape. I really enjoyed playing here. By myself at 6:30am — finished in 3 hours. Nice staff. I’ll be back.

It was my first time playing this course and it was fun. The course is set on the bay and our group was second off the tee. We got to enjoy a beautiful sunrise, there wasn’t any wind in the morning, (some staff said it could be a little windy in the late afternoon.

The greens were in great condition. The course was links style with some fun unique designs and overall very “scoreable”.

If you haven’t played here, you should check it out. The two level range looked nice, I didn’t have time to try it.

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