Monarch Bay Golf Club - Marina Course

Look, I accept the fact that a $25 nine hole round at Monarch Bay is not going to be like a day at Pebble Beach, but the owners should at least make some basic effort to manage the tee times. I paid for a 9:20 tee time on line, showed up, was told that the course was "first come first served" and then watched a bunch of people with no reservations just walk on. I played one hole, stood for 20 minutes at the second tee box and gave up. I note that there were people in front of me who had been told that there was no room on the course until later - they were in line with me at the clubhouse - but they just walked on anyway once they had paid. Total mayhem, and unplayable for people who actually had reservations and has paid. "First Come First Served" should not mean totally unmanaged chaos. Nice little short course but I won't be playing here on the weekend again.

I used to play this course semi-regularly to get my golf fix, but at the moment, it’s been trashed.

It seems like they’ve had an invasion of baby geese, so every hole that’s near the drainage pond is wrecked. The tee boxes are un-usable on most holes and there’s goose poop on many of the greens. Also, the bunkers are rock hard.

I’m fine with a bit of dinginess on a course, but this was bad. I hope they can reduce the number of geese and replant some of the tee boxes soon, or at least give us mats to hit off of.

Casual, muni-style course. Enjoyable to play and great for groups of two.

Nice course. Good mix of length. Good course to practice your irons and wedges.

March 27th was a beautiful day, the course was busy but not overcrowded with players. I was playing by myself but was quickly adopted by a thresome and we all got along great. Lots of newish players so I fit right in. Course was in good shape, greens were slow just took a few putts to figure them out. Overall a great experience enjoying golf and making some new friends. George

This golf course is a good walking / back packing course with 4-5 clubs. My only complaint is too many ducks, poop is everywhere on the fairway, never seen so much poop on a course.

For a 9-hole course to survive these days, they need to find some more revenue. Here they have routed a frisbee course and soccer ball course on the same site. It would be fun to see all 3 courses in use at once. The frisbee routing crosses a couple fairways, but you shouldn’t be in big hurry anyway.

The greens were in good shape. The tee boxes are in desperate need of some seed or sod.

As someone who has just recently gotten back into golf, this has become a go-to course for me to get some practice in before or after work.

Pros:

- Course is very well maintained for a Exec. 9

- Hole five is a proper Par 4, that's forgiving for players who tend to fade the ball.

- It's Affordable ($8 a round if you're part of their membership program) $10 - 20 otherwise.

-Generally a very sweet, and diverse crowd of people.

Cons:

-Sometimes you have to shoo geese off the tee box.

-I wish there was one more long hole on the course.

All in all, Marina @ Monarch Bay is a great place to get your short game down, while still being able to drill a few drives.

This is an executive course with a bunch of Par 3s. The Pace of play is rather fast unless you are stuck behind disc golfers and soccer golfers which was my case. This is probably true on the weekends only not sure about during the week. Had to wait more then a few minutes at a few holes just to tee off. The conditions of the course are rather great for the amount you are paying. Bunch of geese turds everywhere though. It’s walking only but I have seen a few people with a golf cart. It’s practically empty in the early morning on the weekends.

This course is covered in bird poop. There are so many birds. There was a dead goose on the fifth hole. The pace of play was poor. There was also a lack of etiquette. A man interrupted my tee shot and asked how far I could hit it. Another guy was driving a cart all over the greens.

Weather was perfect. The course was in very good condition. The only problem was several spots which were very wet. Due to carts and maintenance vehicles driving through these areas significant damage to the fairways had occurred. I observed maintenance vehicles continuing to go through the wet areas and causing damage. Not sure why areas were not roped off by maintenance personnel. Maintenance personnel should know better and should have notified management of the problem. I flagged down the marshall and reported the situation.

The sand traps are hard as a rock. Tee boxes are super torn up, greens have divots galore, and grass is just non existant in many parts of the course. If you're a beginner or just trying to figure out your short game, you've come to the right place. You'll find many out on the course just like you and the pace of play reflects that. It's really just a practice course in my opinion.