Monarch Dunes is located 60 miles west of Bakersfield near Santa Maria and 15 miles south of San Luis Obispo less than 5 miles from the Pacific.

The course features a links-style design moving through a housing development over rolling terrain providing a host of uneven lies. The layout glides along contoured fairways with stands of eucalyptus trees at the borders, numerous pot and conventional sand bunkers, and nine holes with water hazards. It plays to 6,810 from the tips, 73.0/137, course/slope ratings with five shorter tees, designed by Pate & Parcuzzo. Be sure to make time to play the 12 hole, par 3 Challenge course with holes ranging from 20 to 205 yards, a redesign of Damian Pascuzzo’s original layout by Tom Elliott, former course superintendent.