Monarch Bay Golf Club - Tony Lema Course

-Tee boxes: TRASHED! This is one of the most disappointing things about this course.

-No starter. Even though it wasn’t terribly busy, it was a little chaotic.

-Carts geocaches to disable on certain holes, but not just the par 3s or heavily worn spots like you’d expect. Entire fairways on some (par 4/5) holes were not accesible by cart. No signs or other warning of this. Frustrating.

-Despite the incredible amount of recent rain, the course grass looked in very I’ll health. For such a beautiful setting right on the bay, the course was hideous.

Pros:

-Very forgiving course, with open layout… you can often hit a clean 2nd shot off the neighboring fairway.

-Fun and challenging course design.

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

Had a fun time playing, knew there was aerification going on that day but what wasn't mentioned was playing the front 9 back to back. Going to remind myself never to play when aerification is in progress, I was on the beach every single hole LMFAO

My wife and i had a great day playing this course. Course was in great condition. Nice range, chipping and putting green. The views were beautiful and we got pair up with 2 great guys.

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.

The fairways are in horrible condition. If you hit a shot to the middle of the fairway, don’t expect to find your ball on grass. If I ever play this course again, I’ll bring a small 2X2 hitting mat. To be fair, the greens are in good condition, if only players would bother to fix their ball marks. Pace of play was 5 hours +.

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.

Not a bad golf course. The only complaint I have is the group behind us that did not have patience and would play right at us. Even when waiting for the group in front of us to finish on the green or leave their approach shot we were told by the group behind us to "hurry up". Had another group ahead of us that picked up my golf ball and never put it back in the same spot and stole it. I do not knownif thats how the regular's play at this golf course but after those incidents my attitude towards the rest of the round killed my game as all I was thinking about is hurrying up and hoping I don't get my golf balls stolen. Anyway, greens are challenging and the ammentities from the range to the clubhouse are excellent.

Played during lull in rain. Sloppy in fairways was expected. Overall enjoyed round with only 1 lost ball due to rabbit hole. Not inclined to reach down under. Putting pretty good as all were firm.

Course is in decent shape. Need work on fairways. There are too many bald spots with dirt/mud. They have cut back some. “Trouble” rough area which makes the course easier to play.

Greens are in decent shape and shots will hold the green if hit properly.

Tee boxes also need work. Brown spots as well as uneven lies. The tee boxes should be flat and have grass

A couple tee boxes were uneven. Fairways and rough have seen better days but the greens were fantastic. Pace was slow. I think they set people up 8 minutes apart so the round lasted almost five hours. Don’t play this course after 3, the wind can be brutal