tony lema course at monarch bay

This golf course has a nice practice range as well as a nice golf course. The golf course has nice views of the bay. It also has a pro shop.The golf course is close to the Marina area of San Leandro.

Beautiful and well maintained golf course just south of Oakland Airport. The course offers senior discounts or discounts for San Leandro Marina guests. There is a snack bar and bar. The pro shop is well stocked, full driving range, putting green, and chipping green available. Prices are very fair and worn it.

I can't speak on the 18 hole course as we played the 9 hole! I staff was friendly no long waits carts were clean course was fun !! I am a beginner golfer & this course was perfect not to mention the beautiful surroundings & 5th hole views !! Amazing!! We are going back in September !! We stayed at the marina inn across the street which was also amazing & got a great price for being guests there for 2 of us & a golf cart was $28 can't beat that !!

Difficult course to play in the afternoon with strong winds blowing in from the bay. Most of the holes have a cross-wind due to the course layout in conjunction with the bay. The tee boxes are average with bunkers in most of the fairways. The first cut of rough is very manageable, but like most links courses the primary rough is tall and thick. The bunkers were manageable and filled links-type sand that is a little more course. All of the greens had been aerated, but only half of the green and the pins were in the good half. They rolled well and true.

Be warned. If you are a local who gets their "golf specials"-it's too good to be true. There are conditions regarding ways and days that you book your round that aren't mentioned in the e-mails where you can't get the special prices. To add insult to injury-their staff is unfriendly, unprofessional, and don't seem to care whether you play golf there or not.

This course is fun and quite manageable if you can catch it before the afternoon winds start howling on the back nine along the Bay. My only gripe with the course were two things: the pro shop was out of score cards and seemed very disorganized, and about 1/3rd of the sand traps were under repair and not playable. This is a flat linksy style course with newly renovated fairways that play very well. Fairways are wide open, for the most part, and you can get away with being Sgt. Sprayer because there are few hazards off the tees. A few greens have a lot of goose crap on them. The greens role true and fair, no undulations. Sand traps guard almost all the greens. Get your scoring in before hole 15 when you turn and the wind picks up. There is one 440-yard par 4 that's a beast but the par 5s are shortish and very par-able. Enjoy