Monster Golf Club at Resorts World Catskills

The good - nice layout, greens excellent condition, good speed. Fairways mostly nice (except for the many divots that aren't repaired), there's GRASS under your ball, much appreciated. The rough is noticeably higher (as it should be) but not ridiculously penal unless you're WAY off line. The course is long from the V and M tees but not crazy narrow so there's decent size landing areas, no issues, good design. Great pace of play because the course was empty... that's due to price, which is quite extravagant for the area, for a casino course and for a course of this design. There's nothing really noteworthy about the course layout, no signature hole, nothing outstanding that a high daily fee course should have.

The bad..... no sand bucket or bottles in the cart, and as a result there's TONS of divots all over the course that haven't been repaired. Nobody replacing divots as they play... no staff filling divots at night... that's what high end courses do. I did notice divots on par 3 tee boxes filled with sand/seed mix... what about the rest of the course ?????

Pace of play good ONLY because the course is empty due to the price. This isn't a high dollar area of NY, nobody has these funds to play a course that is MORE THAN DOUBLE the cost of nearby ones. Yes, it's a casino, and they're targeting gamblers and resort guests.... but the course isn't worth $170. On a nice weather Monday in early July there were about 5 groups scheduled from opening until noon. You'd make a lot more money charging $125 and filling all tee times....

More awful stuff. No check in or payment at the course clubhouse. WHAT ???? I drive to the course, there's a small clubhouse, there's a club drop area, there's golf carts and course personnel helping with the bags and carts.. BUT NO, you can't pay here.... you need to take the shuttle bus back to the Hotel, half mile back on the road, go in THERE to pay, then take the shuttle back. Total waste of time. But wait, theres more. Once you get there THEY DON'T ACCEPT CASH !!!! A casino course, people have thousands of dollars in hundreds, fifties and twenties in their pocket or wallet NOPE Card only. Terrible policy. Cash is king, cash should be accepted everywhere for everything. Ridiculous.

Also silly.... when you're driving the golf cart sometimes it stops and beeps "restricted area... go backwards" when you're 20 or 30 yards from the arrow markers that warn you to turn right or left... and those are sometimes dozens of yards shy of the greens. This can be improved for the golfer experience.

In summary... nice course, fun to play, challenging but not tricked up and crazy, but room for improvement in some facets of the experience.

If you can grab the deal on golf now it’s a great special day out on the course. Just remember to check in at the Adler Hotel. That’s where the pro shop is, about a mile from the actual course. I drove back and forth and unfortunately no one was very helpful; however, that being said, it was a wonderful day once the golf started. The starter is a cool character as well.

Had chance to play course by myself. I will play course again. It was a beautiful morning with the weather and the staff from the pro shop to the clubhouse, were fantastic!!!!!!

The course itself and the staff at the course and the driving range are excellent, helpful and very knowledgeable

However I found some of the pro shop staff were not helpful and even arrogant

After getting rained out after starting the back 9 we were told that we would not get a rain check because we booked through GOLFNOW

They could have been a little bit less rude

Terrific course in the Catskills. Friendly, helpful staff. Can’t wait to go back. A little pricey, but worth it.

I liked the course setup but in my view of not having food available during the week is not well .

Very deceiving and toughness of course. Lots of sand traps

Course is in great shape, sand is best around( not that you want to be in it) Greens roll beautifully and are true. The fall is a great time to play.

Just ridiculous to pay anything over $125 per round

After $40 million redesign and rehab I was expecting to be presented with a course that took the old Monster's character and brought to it modern design elements. The course is basically a totally different course and its not better. Gone are the old growth tree lined fairways. It's basically a bulldozed wide open dinner plate with fescue being the primary source of penalty. The rough is not rough. It's mowed to 2 inches and mostly green-brown eyesore. The fairways are ok but not as green as they should be for a course in a low lying area surrounded by ponds and a stream that can feed irrigation. Moreover there are numerous areas on fairways that have horrible weed growth. I caught a $100 tee time so I can tolerate this but it is unacceptable for a $250 weekend rate course. Granted they are far apart but Pound Ridge is superior in every way at the same price point. Perhaps the biggest nod to the Monster are the large greens. They have some challenges. The old monster challenged you to get to the green. This course doesn't really challenge you on the way to the green or on the green. I would estimate that it is 2 years away from growing in adequately presuming they maintain it correctly during that time period. $40 million to rehab and clean up the old Monster would have been amazing. The end result here is a headscratcher.

I do want to give kudos to the staff at the course. I interacted with a dozen people and they were all terrific! Thank you!

Played as a single on a beautiful weekday. No one on the course. Played 18 in 2:10. Awesome!!!

The 15th hole is terrible. It looks like the course doesn't know what to do with this hole bc there is no fairway. Crab grass is the fairway on this hole. Having never played here, this was confusing.

Greens in great shape and rolled beautifully. Fairways were ok, but certainly not at country club level. And for $250 they better be, but they are not. Overall course is in very good shape, but not worth it without a discounted price. I shot 78 and played 18 in 2:10.

No elevation change anymore. Some great hikes are gone. Idk about this new monster course

Greens were under aeration conditions but course was still very nice