The Bayonet at Bayonet/Black Horse Golf Course

I called maybe 2 weeks before I reserved my tee times and asked about aeration of the greens and was told they would be in great shape by the time I had reserved, they were not even close, they were bumpy and had a lot of sand still on the greens, I wouldn’t have golfed if I new they were that bad.

The course is beautiful, conditions are great. The experience I had (2nd time playing here) was very disappointing.

Firstly, the greens were recently punched and covered with sand. There was no warning or information about this prior to booking. I was surprised there was no alert.

Second, I left my range finder attached to the cart. I drove the cart up to the return, emptied my trash, and an attendant took the cart. I realized I left it that evening. I called the course and the pro shop employee was insanely unhelpful. He basically said “yah I dont see it right here in front of me I dont know what to tell you.” Its my fault I left it and I am disappointed in myself for doing that, but the response and help from staff was so unfortunate.

Course is beautiful and in great shape. There is a ton of construction and tree work being done. Extremely noisy

Bayonet is in the best shape I've seen in the 10 years I've occasionally played there

Haven't played here in a while. The remodel is awesome!
Love how they've opened up the course with tree removal and trimming. Looks a lot like Harding Park.

With all the great choices in the Monterey area, it is always consistently the best. The staff is so outstanding friendly and always up to par a must play when you’re in the Monterey area either being at or black horse two great golf courses.

Overall was very nice experience. There were noises coming from all the construction on the course. They were annoying.

A really nice layout. Course conditioned especially the greens were excellent. If I ever return to the area I would play again.

It is a great course. I hope I get a chance to come back and play. Next time I would like to also play Black Horse.

Great course and beautiful surrounds with challenging greens

This place was great, and I can't wait to get out there and do it again. My only complaint was that we only saw the cart girl 2 times in 5 hours.

Positives....the area is amazing. Looking at the the courses and clubhouse is very nice. The pro-shop pro was very good.....so was the bartender.
Negatives: the carts were horrible. They constantly shut off...as they are supposed to when you get near a green or in a restricted area...but these shut off constantly: First cut of rough, some dune areas not others,,,,even in the fairway about 100 yds away from the 18th green. There was no consistency with them at all. No signage on the course for restricted areas at all. Just total guesswork. I also asked how the greens were...they said running at 10.5, I'm not an expert but I'd say closer to 12 or 13. No white sand bunkers at all as pictured. etc. etc.

The bigger issue were the field reps...starter/ranger. The starter sent us out on the wrong course even after we clarified to him which course we were playing and let him know we had never played before. We realized the mistake along the way but couldn't turn back if we wanted to finish 18. A ranger approached us to get off the fairway with our cart...even though it hadn't shut off. We told him what happened and his solution was to give us the correct scorecard. And he basically flung it at us as he was puffing away his cigar.

This is a Troon course in Monterrey Peninsula and we paid a lot of money especially for a twilight rate. We had high expectations but were disappointed. Since pace was slow, we coupled up with the group in front of us and said there is a monthly pass you can buy for $350 and get unlimited golf. This was not good to hear. I cant see playing either of these courses again when I'm in the area. Way too many better options.

I first played here in the early 90's, this my all time favorite course.