Shorecliffs GC
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3.2
1207 Reviews (1207)
5 Stars
143
4 Stars
413
3 Stars
318
2 Stars
155
1 Stars
178
Conditions
2.9
Value
3.2
Layout
3.2
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.5
60.6%
Recommend this course
800 out of 1207 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.9
75 Reviews (75)
5 Stars
20
4 Stars
35
3 Stars
15
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.1
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.5
86.7%
Recommend this course
65 out of 75 reviews
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3.4
130 Reviews (130)
5 Stars
27
4 Stars
45
3 Stars
31
2 Stars
10
1 Stars
17
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.6
Layout
3.4
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.4
70.0%
Recommend this course
91 out of 130 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 70
Length 5718 yards
Slope 125
Rating 69.0

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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Course Details

Year Built 1964
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Poa Annua Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Joe Williams

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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3.2
1207 Reviews (1207)
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Interesting

The brand new clubhouse is beautiful, staff was friendly and the food and beverage options were great. No range but we were told we could use the simulator to warm up but they wouldn’t set us up because they were waiting for a reservation to arrive. No starter so a group ended up taking our time (solid 12 minutes early) and they were super slow and held us up all day. The front nine runs along storm drains and up thru the neighbors and canyons- really interesting and challenging with some holes that don’t really have a fairway and it’s not well maintained (probably due to the challenging landscape/ elevation). Back nine is more traditional with wider fairways and nice greens. Overall, unique experience.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

POOR MAINTENANCE

WE HAVE BEEN PLAYING THIS COURSEFOR YEARS NOW.

THIS IS THE WORST CONDITION I HAVE SEEN THE FAIRWAYS, ROUGH, AND GREENS.

IT LOOKED LIKE THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A MAINTENACE CREW ANYMORE.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 123
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Nice renovations

Played this course years ago and said I wouldn’t play it again, then after reading reviews of the course after renovations, I decided to give it a go again. They did a great job with the clubhouse and restaurant, and the course conditions were much better than before. Still has some issues on a few of the greens and fairways, but overall wasn’t bad. Rough around the greens is challenging, and I wish people would repair their ball marks on the greens and rake the bunkers. Course would stay in much better shape if the players did their part. Pace of play wasn’t bad, 4.5 hours for the 4some I played with. For the right deal on GolfNow, I’d play it again

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Best course for the Price…

Course is looking really nice… just maybe add more real bathrooms on the course for the lady’s but I had a great round with my wife.. the staff was super friendly with them even grabbing my bags from my car and loading them back into the car… I’m 39 and my wife is younger so I don’t have a problem carrying my bags but that kind of service is what takes this course to the next level, the tacos at the turn where amazing but I had to wait 10 min even though I ordered at the 8th tee box so we got behind pace after that.. I read bad reviews about the marshal Skip but he kindly asked to try and catch up to the group in front and said have a good round.. will be back soon…

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course

Hidden Gem.. don’t believe the reviews, the whole staff was amazing, yes even skip.. I feel like the reviews are add to keep people away and to keep this a hidden gem..

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

In great shape, not like the ShorecCliffs of old

The fairways and greens are in great shape, even as we hit August 1st. I hadn't played here in over 10 years until a few weeks ago. I've now played twice. It's nothing like the ShoreCliffs of old. I think this course is a great value. There are a couple of holes that are a bit of a wonky layout, but otherwise, it's challenging. If you keep the ball in teh fairway, you can score well. If you spray it a bit, you'll churn through some balls.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

for the money

tight track trhough canyons, a little dated on the course side but was really relaxing and fun round. Clubhouse has been updated witha great restuarant ,bar and hitting bays. Awesome value.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Tight, not well maintained, pricey for what they offer.

Well, rude counter guy that took way too long and chatted with some guy that was not even playing while 5 people were in line? Check. Go out and see the starter for your order of play he says...except there was no starter that day? We searched and found asked a cart guy and he was polite but said... yeah no one is here as a starter today. It was a bit of a mess at the 1st tee while 3 groups tried to figure out who was supposed to play 1st, pretty uncomfortable. The course wanders through a canyon and houses, it tends to be tight with Ob and or red staked hazards on both sides. With some pretty severe uphill and downhill tee shots here and there. The fairways are pretty spotty people had to move balls to find grass. Not heavy on bunkers but the course sand in the bunkers that I looked at were unraked with gouge marks and footprints. There were rakes but apparently no one at their "exclusive club" wants to sully their hands by cleaning their mess up. Entitled much? The greens were a bit slow with straight putts breaking sometimes left sometimes right, as the greens were a bit lumpy. I guess the good news is there were not many ball marks on the greens as it appears no on down there can hit a green unless they are within 30 yards of it. The course is in a good area with ok beach type weather, you can peek at the ocean as you drive to one hole. Nice new clubhouse. Just one porta potty one the course. I heard bad things about the food from one of the golfers so I did not get anything. It would be hard for me to say the course was a good value. But it is a golf course, if you hit the ball straight and don't mind missing putts because of random bumps. It may be for you.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

I would rate this average.

Staff and clubhouse were great.

The issue is that Tee boxes(and some greens and fairways) are not well maintained and seem to be broken randomly more than a few times. .

Pace of play , as everywhere, totally depends on people in front of you - Marshall was not enforcing times for certain groups that were extremely slow.

End of day , this was the only place where I found tee times on sunday so may play again.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 47
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Will be back again

2nd time in the last month. Enjoyable round with only a few, questionable course maintenance issues. Definitely continue to keep up with the improvements! Overall a great value!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Where the Surf meets the Turf

Course played a little slow. . Some of the holes had no markings (signs) on which way to go. Should had removed the old markings,Some bad spots on the turf and in fairways and greens.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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