Golf Course Photo, Monarch Dunes Golf Club - Old Course, Nipomo, 93444
Monarch Dunes Golf Club - Old Course
Played on August 2009
1606 Trilogy Pkwy , Nipomo, California, 93444
2 Rankings
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Richard Roberts
Nipomo
2009-09-09

$41 (cart included), played on Wednesday, August 2009 at 6am

Course takes controlled shots. Long hitters I have played with, rather avoid drivers for control/placement, than risk distance. Most greens receive short shots running onto them, rather than dropping onto greens, due to hardness of greens. Also playing greens several times helps to learn their undulations, because though they are fast and putt very true, they are very large. Also the twelve hole Par 3 Challenge course is excellent. I have played it often myself (16 handicapper) and find the scratch players love to practice their short game there.

Would travel: 0-10 Miles, Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: I would play again, Ranks with the best in this price level, Bargain priced based on quality and competitive area pricing
 
Condition of Course, Difficulty, Layout, Price, Ambiance, Pace of Play, Staff
None worth mentioning
Layout/ Challenge
Fairway conditions
Greens conditions
Course ambiance
Pace to play
Overall rating
Value
Rank ID # : 008113
Richard Roberts
Nipomo
2011-08-22

$41 (cart included), played on Wednesday, August 2011 at 6am

I play this course weekly and always find it in wonderful condition, and the staff always treat you superbly. I noted one reviewer cited the greens don't hold when hitting an approach shot; they are not meant to - the course is a links course. The traps are not quite as they are in Scotland or Ireland, however, they do contain local sand. The greens appear as if they will be changing over the coming time; currently they appear to have a grass I haven't seen anywhere else, but on Monarch, but now Poa is making inroads, and likely it will eventually will dominate what is here already. The course is difficult but fair. Long hitters will not likely be able to use their drivers much: the course does not seem to be designed to their advant- age to do so. Advice to all who play - try to stay out of the moguls - they can kill your game!!! Remember you can run the ball from off the green instead of hitting onto it and trying to hold it on the green. Enjoy. A comment on putting: the greens can be hazardous to your game!

Would travel: 10-20 Miles
Bottom line: I would play again, Ranks with the best in this price level, Best course in the area, Fair priced based on quality and competitive area pricing
 
Condition of Course, Difficulty, Layout, Price, Ambiance, Pace of Play, Staff
None worth mentioning
Layout/ Challenge
Fairway conditions
Greens conditions
Course ambiance
Pace to play
Overall rating
Value
Rank ID # : 015426