Monarch Bay Golf Club - Tony Lema Course

Fairways are mostly Ok except some in under repair.Greens in good shape.

Overall it’s a good enough one to play.

The course is in decent condition, except the driving range which nearly has no grass. Pace is very slow, it took more than 5 hours to finish the round. I never experienced the behavior from some players on the course. The guys in front of us played in sandals!! Then the guy forgot his sandals on one of the tee boxes and demanded the staff to get his ‘shoes’. At the end of the round the guy was completely drunken and used his driver to hit balls into the bay.

Loved playing the course. Only drawback is the amount of garbage (empty chip packages...empty cigarette packages...water bottles etc)

This is a links course that plays soft, meaning the course is too wet. Fast and firm is what it should be but isn’t. Greens are soft too. No bounce. I was hoping for faster greens…

Design is fine, some good holes for sure.

As for the hazards there are a few, not enough to keep you from hitting your next shot. Wide open course with sand traps well placed and high quality sand in most bunkers as just a few had rocks.

With the wind and soft course, in October with a dry summer, I’d expect it to be firmer. Made the course extra long from the black tees.

After 20 years of playing here I finally birdied 4 and 17 however both playing well over 200 yards.

4 stars because it’s on the bay with good views, a crowd, and good mix of links holes. Not to mention those great birdies!

Greens in great condition. Group spacing is irregular. We got moved up 2 slots ahead and had nobody up behind us. This wasn’t the first time. No course marshall present on course to monitor slow play but it was a beautiful day

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.

Good intimidating course with a few back 9, against the wind, holes that play with your mind. PoP changes with weather - mostly slow but not frustrating.

Hot deals are value for money. Maybe allow pets and you would see more golfers jump at weekday opportunity to play.

too tight and so slow to playing under the sun. it took more than 3 Hrs for the half (9) round. I stop and gave up rounding after 5 and half Hrs.

Great links style course. I had an early round and got out in 3.25 hours. Greens were perfect. They trimmed down some of the nasty overgrowth and i managed not to lose a ball. The wind wasn’t much of a factor early morning

Glacial pace of play with on-course dump trucks. 10:03 tee time, waited on every single shot (sometimes as long as 15 minutes), watched 2 groups play the par three Fourth. I quit and walked in from 17 tee after 4.5hrs and 2 groups on the 17th tee. Factor in dump trucks making a loop thru the course and 3-4 tees moved up so we don’t hit over the trucks en route. Pro shop courteously issued partial refunded which I was grateful for.

A few tee boxes are finally getting rebuilt. (They've always seemed to slope too much for a snap hook.) A lot of the high grass in front of the tees and between fairways has been cut down; now more of those dribbled tee shots are in play!

Greens were in good shape. Didn't see a marshal until the 12th hole. Never got a beverage cart drive-by. Never got to hit range balls; now I know about the range closure every other Tuesday morning.