Monarch Bay Golf Club - Tony Lema Course

The course is visually well kept, but there are consistent and sever drainage issues. I played in the middle of warm weather streak in the bay, and yet somehow, the bunkers managed to have ponds in them and where there wasn’t standing water, the sand was as wet as the water line at the beach. When you walked onto the greens, you could hear the water underneath your feet. As a result the greens didn’t roll true. You had to whack downhill putts. Pretty disappointing considering the astetic of the course and the cost of the green fees.

All went well until I finished the first hole at which time the electric cart stopped working. It was unusually warm and humid, so I back-packed my clubs to the pro shop

and requested either a refund or a rain check. I might try again during cool weather, but probably not: the rough around the first green was 4" Bermuda grass.

Amazing course with amazing views and the greens rolled awesome!!

I don't recommend playing here in the afternoon as the course is already challenging and not in great shape then you have to deal with the cold weather and a lot of wind coming from the bay.

Bring your hard hat. Construction has the course in shambles. Loud, paths disrupted, tee boxes in unusual places. Wait till construction is completed. It's a mess.

Too much construction going on. Id recommend waiting till construction is finished.

The first line was normal place. The second line took almost 3 hours because they let people on early. I started at 6:30 in the morning no way it should be a 5 1/2 hour round.

The course was in very bad condition with dead spots all over the fairways and the rough was not trimmed at all. There is also construction going on around every single hole. While I was trying to hit a chip shot a backhoe drove right in front of me and started dumping sand in the bunkers.

Looks like the new tee boxes are going to make a huge difference.

This a good course with views of the bay. Pretty windy, and has some challenging holes. Pretty fast greens. I would give it a better rating if they could fix their tee boxes. Tee boxes were not in good condition and off balance.