Shorecliffs GC
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3.3
1221 Reviews (1221)
5 Stars
146
4 Stars
420
3 Stars
321
2 Stars
155
1 Stars
179
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.4
Layout
3.3
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.6
66.6%
Recommend this course
813 out of 1221 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.8
36 Reviews (36)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
16
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.5
Value
4.1
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.5
83.3%
Recommend this course
30 out of 36 reviews
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3.7
125 Reviews (125)
5 Stars
30
4 Stars
50
3 Stars
28
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
11
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.8
Layout
3.6
Pace
3.6
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.4
78.4%
Recommend this course
98 out of 125 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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3.3
1221 Reviews (1221)
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Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 63
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Tough

Golf now hot deal made this a great value. This would be a very tough course with narrow fairways and protected greens. Greens very difficult with speed slopes and flagsticks on mounds.

The carts were brand new.

Somewhere along the way, however, the course suffered serious damage with fairway grasses lost, green fringes scalped, and original holes cut in half to make up for damaged and lost fairways undergoing renovation.

I would play this course again if I could get another good deal.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

New Carts!!!

This is a unique golf course. It is a course that requires straight driving over distance. Have fun and enjoy the game of golf. Play this course for what it is, inexpensive with great rolling greens.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Shorecliff is Coming Up!

Had a pleasant round today. Shorecliffs is finally putting some money into to course. The fairways and greens were in very good condition, new sand in 75% of their bunkers, and they have new golf carts. They plan on building a new clubhouse in the near future.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice value

First time at the course, staff and amenities were great, food at the turn was amazing and a $5 margarita to boot! Course needs a little work and is unforgiving but had a great time.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart

Golf in San Clemente

The course is older, grown up and fairly well taken care of. They were under some construction and the back 9 was closed (I wasn't told this until I checked in, and the front nine played to 33 rather than 36. The "Pro" was a girl in her early 20's who didn't like that she had to get up early for work and acted as if I was an inconvenience.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Fun course

Fun/interesting course. They are doing a better job keeping it up

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 68
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Some nice ocean views with moderate weather.

Good day on the course with moderate winter conditions, including cart path only restriction. However, the 3 some that I played with complained all day about the 5 some that was ahead of us and the 5 hours that is took to play. I can't tell you if they really made the difference or if it was the cart path only restriction; but It would probably be a good Idea not to allow 5 somes; especially when charging Holiday rates!!! Listening to their complaints at every T-Box and 2nd shot did take some of the shine off a good day on the course with excellent greens and breezy conditions.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 68
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great tract with lots of opportunities for improvement.

When this course had its "original" now closed holes 5 and 6 it was to me the best test of golf in south orange county. Even with the new replacement holes it is still fun and a good test to play. Traditionally the greens when at their best are as good as any in the area. Your scorecards are accurate to the course but why you never changed your layout description in your on-line services is a mystery to me. You must get a lot of head scratching customers? The recent physical changes, updating the club house, new sand and more grass on the fairways has aesthetically improved the course immensely; however: putting roses around some of the T-Boxes, could make for some not so good times in the spring when the bees are buzzing around and you are trying to make a swing and ultimately have angry bees chasing you off the same t-boxes?? Several players at Shorecliffs were stung by angry bees last spring and summer, that were defending their hives in some of the watering control boxes, but that will be surely outdone this next spring when attracted to the roses!!! You have a great tract to work with and have the best weather in the world on your side. Good luck with future improvements etc.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

It’s an adventure.

I love this course! The layout winds through canyons, up and down hills, and they’ve got some of the purest, fastest greens I’ve ever seen. The fifth and sixth holes were lost to a landslide years ago and they’re estimating to have them back in a little over a year. Until then you have to play the first four holes, then drive back down the canyon to reach the temporary continuation of the front nine. A number of the teeing grounds need to be flattened out though, and some of the hillier grounds are pretty thin on grass. The real cool part of this course though is the drainage tunnels that you drive through to get back and forth to and from the holes. For the rates they have to play here, this course is an outstanding value!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great pace of play and value

Staff was very friendly. Loved the course layout. Course was not perfect due to mother nature and landslides. I still rate it high because it was an enjoyable round and good pace of play. Greens were in good shape.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

New staff are bad

The new staffs are horrible. Do not understand the players are customers

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Crazy

This course was crazy. Where do I start. The driving range had 2 baskets to collect your balls from a machine that had to be an antique. I was put with a group of three other golfers after I asked if I could tee off earlier than my tee time. A single golfer teed off literally 3 minutes before our group. There’s 8 holes on the “front nine” and 10 on the back “nine”. Many parts of the golf paths run in the drainage system with its wonderful smell. There was 5-6 interesting holes on the back nine. For the 18.00 fee I guess it was worth it. Did get a lot of laughs from the layout.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Dead Cart By Hole 3 and Snail Pace

Had 12:36 tee time and was given a cart that died after hole#2. Called and they said “it’ll be awhile since two other cart also died and they don’t have others available.” Called it quit after it took them 30 minutes to get me a new cart. Hard to keep going when it took an hour to finish two holes and a cart that died after those two holes. On the drive back to club house, it appears most of their fleet have battery issues as others complained as well. Good notes- cart guys were nice as well as the Marshall. Course location generally have cool weather due to it being close to the beach.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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