Shorecliffs Golf Club
About
Shorecliffs Golf Course wanders through the coastal canyons and valleys of San Clemente, heading towards the beautiful shoreline. Situated just steps from the ocean, the course enjoys cool ocean breezes and a temperate climate, which makes it a year-round haven for golfers. Its location also provides the golf course with plenty of scenic ocean views. The course features narrow fairways tightly lined with trees and small greens bordered by sand bunkers. The front nine is shorter and requires more accuracy than the longer, wider back nine. Shorecliffs opens with one of the trickiest par-5s in the area. This dogleg left hole features trouble both left and right. Although the layout does offer a fair challenge, players of all skill levels will feel comfortable taking on the golf course.
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Photo submitted by jballer on 03/29/2026
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Photo submitted by mYBJn3Cml609j1pAv12A on 03/26/2026
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Photo submitted by DiannaGreene on 08/14/2025
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Photo submitted by TahoeAust12 on 12/30/2024
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Photo submitted by u314159272593 on 10/14/2024
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Photo submitted by u314159272593 on 10/14/2024
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Photo submitted by Adzika on 07/09/2024
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This was one of the better tee boxes... Photo submitted by MXaZJ0xyqtZSWStactgr on 11/17/2023
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Hole 13 before the heavy rain Photo submitted by u314162468766 on 02/24/2022
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Photo submitted by u314159272593 on 08/27/2021
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Photo submitted by u314159272593 on 08/27/2021
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Photo submitted by u314159272593 on 07/03/2021
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Photo submitted by Jason3104016 on 08/28/2020
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would have had a better score of it wasn't for the first two holes Photo submitted by champ471 on 06/17/2014
Golfer Reviews
Course bad condition
Horrible condition and over priced. Fairway all bad and green is not good. Should be 50 buck on Saturday max. Not over 100
First time in a few years
The course and layout are a massive improvement over the old days. Definitely worth a return...finally. .
Shameful
I see $121 is now the prime rate for this course. Few extra dollars and you're playing any number of nearby courses that are so much nicer. Shorecliffs is a value option, not a talega or Tijeras Creek. You can't go from $60 a round to $120 and expect to sell tee times. There's a reason there are always too many tee times available for this course.
I'll take the reasonable price and old clubhouse any day over this price gouging and delusional thinking.
Way overpriced
I don’t know what they’re doing over there. Been golfing shorecliffs for YEARS. The price is completely unacceptable. I understand the remodel and all that but not a fair price for the course. I miss the old shorecliffs. Had they not bought such flashy golf carts probably could’ve had a more reasonable price it feels like.
New Layout works!
They recently changed things around and have a few new beautiful holes. Still having some work done but once its done it will really be a fun affordable course.
Over priced
Have played here for over 35 years. They have major improvements but it is not $95 weekend golf course. 75/80 would better price
Simulation Golf better option than Here
In the bar might be a better choice as wont have to wait as long. Used to play here alot and liked it better when it was in worse shape but a much better value. Upgrade of parking lot and clubhouse dont justify the drastic price increase! Wont ever come back as mgt doesnt listen and no existence of a Marshall either to speed up play.
Best of luck Shorecliffs to you in the future but my dollars will go elsewhere. Maybe have better luck promoting the restaurant and bar.
Not worth the fee.
At the most they should charge the same price as San Clemente Muni,
Awful and too expensive
A new clubhouse doesn't justify a $100 round. Just looking around. Tijeras at 2 pm on Friday, $64.
Shorecliffs $73!!!!
Not even a consideration. Really unfortunate that they've increased the rates so drastically. I enjoyed this course in my youth, won't be going back.
If you want to play San Clemente, the mini has awesome rates for a great track by the ocean. But sadly, not so for shorecliffs. Just sad.
It’ll Be a Long Time Until I Play There Again
I have played Shorecliffs numerous times and this review has nothing to do with any of their staff unless they are in charge of the price and course conditions. All the times that I have played the course has been under some type of repair or up grade. Par fives have been split into par 4’s and then a par 3. Tee boxes are always beat up, greens are in good condition but sometimes impossible to putt due to their ridiculous roll and pitch. Most fairways have some type of wet mushy area. They dumped a ton of money into new carts, parking, practice putting green and then jacked up the prices to balance it out. I think the course needed more improvement. Think twice before you pay the price and learn the lesson for yourself.
Not worth the price
My friends and I played this course for the first time over the weekend. We are all between 18-24 on the handicap, and were looking for a fun course to play. Things went awry right from the beginning, as we arrived at the course at paid we learned no driving range. No big deal, they had a nice practice area and putting green. When we got to the first tee, it was then that we learned the course was under repair...after we paid the full amount and arrived on the 1st tee!!!
On-line the course says it is a Par 72, 6,100 yard course. We learned after paying that there has been SIGNIFICANT damage to this course and as a result they had cut one of their few Par 5's in half to create 2 holes, and changed other routing. The course ended up being a Par 69 ( 36 front, 33 back) and somewhere around 5,500 yards.
The course condition was NOT good, s the fairways were wet and muddy, the tee boxes were not flat, no cart girls and no GPS. While this was certainly not the worse course that I've played, it was NOT worth the $105 they are charging. They don't inform you of all these things until you get there and pay, so be aware! I would NOT recommend this course at their current price, there are MANY better courses out there. Hope this review helps some of you.
Stay Away
Overpriced, course condition is bad, you can find better deal within 10 miles drive. Do not recommend. The green fee has been significantly raised while course has gotten worse in shape, what an embarrassment.
Way way over priced
$107 for shore cliffs? Absolutely ridiculous. Won't be back. Their membership comes out to $360 per year. Save your money for somewhere else. Too bad, interesting course.
Is this a joke?
I can't believe they can get away with charging $95+ rates for an unfinished golf course, what is Troon doing? This place is actually embarrassing. Cannot believe I thought this place was going to be different than it was 2 years ago when the rates were $30. The course is almost exactly the same aside from some water being added and the front and back 9's are swapped. Other than that, it is the same old Shoresh*ts. You would think the course would be wide open, but they must be letting kids on for free or at a different rate because there were hacks on every hole hitting 5 balls each and in the bushes on every fairway looking for balls. We told the marshall the one time we saw him and he could not care less, drove right past them. The pace of play is like a sunday afternoon in leasure world, I honestly feel like I got worse playing that course. If you look up dog track in the dictionary, it should just show a picture of this course.
Overpriced
Never in my life would I suspect Shorecliffs asking $75-$90 for a round. It used to be $25-$35 5 years ago
Come On, 80 plus dollars to play this place on a weekday is an absolute joke
Come on Troon, what do you think you have here? there's no way this course should be over 50 bucks let alone plus 80 on weekdays and 95 bucks on weekends? No Senior rates and 68 during the week for Veterans, Absolute joke. If anyone thinks that this course is a rival to Arroyo, Tijeras price wise, needs to have their heads examined. Wasn't at all impressed with the inside of the new club house either. And the carts, welcome to cartopia at Disneyland, mirrors, turn signals, horns, horrible parking brake. And an off brand. Musta got a good deal on those? No wonder your tee sheets are wide open, last Wednesday at mid day the course was a ghost town. And to top it off, 80 plus bucks to play a par five split up into a par 4 and a par 3 with a temp green because the old #13 or now #4 par 3 is closed, being rebuilt. Wonder if the prices that Troon is charging are discounted for that? What happens when that hole reopens and the par 5 returns to normal.
Doug Black
Big upgrade from old version of course, clubhouse, parking, etc.
Last time for a while...
I've been playing Shorecliff for just almost a year - once/twice a month on average. After the last few rounds, I'm done for a while.
Course is still under renovation...just too many issues that never seem to go away. Wet tee boxes, too many "Cart Path Only" holes, very easy to lose multiple balls given high/non-grass boundaries, no beverage card services, limited/poor water jugs with stale water, poor marshalling and numerous other golf edicate issues that are truly bizarre (e.g. the son of a sr. mgr. of course was using #10 hole as a personal driving range -- 15 tee shots, spraying all over course). Facilities continue to be promising but Mgt. has failed to complete in over a year. $80/weekday round is too much for non-delivery of basic golf course requirements.
You've got to be kidding . Sorry but a couple of ponds and needed maintenance on fairways does not constitute a renovated course