Monarch Bay Golf Club - Tony Lema Course

The greens were in good shape but the rest of the course is badly maintained.

Excellent course for play.

Nice layout and conditions are good.

finished around 2 1/2 hours and witnessed a hole in one on 17 for the first time. The course was a little beat up, but that was expected, considering coming out of the busiest months. Otherwise the course conditions were great, views were fantastic, and the staff was wonderful

I used to be a member here. Still love playing here. Got there about 40 minutes early but disappointed that the guy at the desk wouldn't give me a cart key until 10 minutes before my tee time. He made it clear I couldn't go out early. Of course when it was time to tee off, the starter told me 2 of the guys in our 4some tee'd off early. Whatever.

Loved the layout. The length is very challenging, greens are sneaky quick. Visiting from NYC, will definitely play here again upon my return to the Bay Area

The course was awesome and the facility was great.

Nice course and mostly wide open for us golfers that don’t always hit them straight. They appear to be making improvements on the course to make it even better. Beautiful scenery of the Bay and Westerly Mountains.

One complaint I have are the two holes that are cart path only?

The course was in decent shape great price since everything is expensive . No Marshall with walkers behind 3 holes so we had to pass them . Played with two guys who had no golf etiquette . They always were in the way when I and another guy was about to hit . One worked there and other plays there a lot a golf coach who thought they owned the course besides that the course and price was great .

There course has had a lot of work done and it's still on going. One of the better munis in the bay area and a great bargain for the price. Pace of play is a little slow. Highly recommend.

Course layout is awful! The grass in tee boxes aren’t trimmed especially the red and green! You should do away with these boxes! Overall a terrible course to play. Golfers are scattered all around!

T time was 9:21. Went to 1st T about 9:15 after watching a group T off. Turns out that was the 9:03 group. Okay watched the 9:12 group tee off. Then were met with a group that said they were 9:15. There was no starter so went back to clubhouse to ask and the guy from the clubhouse came out. The 9:15 was part of the mens club the guy from the clubhouse did nothing. The mens group had added their own tee time. Then turns out it was tournament day. We finished the 9th hole at 12:20, walked off an went home. The group in front of us was a sixsome. No starter, no marshal and the person in the clubhouse did nothing. Will never be back.

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.