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.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Blue | 70 | 5718 yards | 69.0 | 125 |
White | 70 | 5396 yards | 67.5 | 121 |
Gold | 70 | 4808 yards | 64.8 | 114 |
Red (W) | 69 | 4625 yards | 67.8 | 120 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Blue M: 65.9/117 W: 71.6/127 | 130 | 228 | 353 | 312 | 198 | 168 | 382 | 280 | 354 | 2405 | 324 | 160 | 495 | 177 | 317 | 183 | 450 | 375 | 353 | 2834 | 5239 |
White M: 65.0/114 W: 70.5/124 | 125 | 223 | 343 | 295 | 189 | 155 | 367 | 264 | 347 | 2308 | 305 | 150 | 456 | 166 | 305 | 179 | 440 | 365 | 338 | 2704 | 5012 |
Gold M: 62.9/109 W: 68.2/119 | 120 | 218 | 317 | 291 | 177 | 150 | 319 | 258 | 335 | 2185 | 288 | 138 | 382 | 147 | 289 | 133 | 424 | 313 | 305 | 2419 | 4604 |
Red M: 61.5/105 W: 66.4/115 | 115 | 213 | 312 | 287 | 166 | 143 | 280 | 252 | 329 | 2097 | 233 | 132 | 268 | 135 | 281 | 133 | 419 | 302 | 298 | 2201 | 4298 |
Handicap | 17 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |||
Par | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 66 |
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Photo submitted by DiannaGreene on 08/14/2025
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Photo submitted by CCUXwGyMi4o9G9RUlFln on 08/01/2025
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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 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
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
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…
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..
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Up and Down
Some bad spots on the fairways and greens. Certain areas needed mowing.
Excellent Pace of Play
Excellent pace of play and course was full. Tee boxes were in need of help and greens were slow. I would go back.