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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 jballer on 03/29/2026
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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
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.
New staff are bad
The new staffs are horrible. Do not understand the players are customers
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.
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.
OK course
Still waiting for holes to be repaired and course had lots of really wet mushy spots
Challenging golf course.
Golf carts are in desperate need of replacement or better maintenance.
The grounds crew and the new management are doing a good job trying to improve the course
Good value
Tough layout if you can’t hit the ball straight. Fairways are in rough condition but the greens are excellent! This was my 5th time playing and I’ll be back just because it’s very challenging to me.
Improved course conditions!
Really enjoyed the course conditions! Who ever is doing this they obviously are making the Old New! Greens were great and some fairways improving! I like the improvements. However the Marshall needs to back the comments up and attitude needs to improve. He negatively questioned my self and the other person playing in an extreme negative manner on hole 16 speaking during golfing players back swing and stating comments related to the two of us having separate carts. I told him we worked it out with the starter and all was okay. I felt like his negativity was almost on the edge of him getting into a physical altercation if he would have continued the verbal comments bordering on abuse. No one need explain about personal injuries to a field Marshall when a blue flag was asked for and the starter stated there were none. Hopefully with all the new great changes providing blue flags for the handicapped will be provided.
Shore cliffs is getting better
The course is improving and the pace of play was very good.
Funky, But Solid
The one word I would use to describe this course is "funky." Since holes 5 and 6 (the only holes with a water view) are being repaired, you have to circle back from the green to the tees on 2 of the par 3s. Once you circle back after hole 4, you have to drive what seems like 50 miles to get to the next hole. The carts are also extremely slow, which , I guess, makes for better pace of play.
With all the complaints that you can have about this course, I actually enjoyed playing it. The back 9 has some beautiful views, and the holes are strangely quiet even though its next to a freeway.
Don't play this course if you're expecting a normal golf experience. But, if you want something unlike you've ever experience before, come here. They have you driving through huge tunnels and stuff, it feels like you're on a Disney ride.
Ok course for the Price.
So I decided to play this course to get out of the Pasadena heat this morning. The girl working desk was friendly but the course wasn’t what I expected for San Clemente. Kind of in a retirement community which is fine , but the course needs work, which they are doing. You have hole 2 and 7 sharing tee boxes (back to back) and to get around the course, you need drive through some storm drain areas ( designed for the course) to get it some of holes and back 9. Course is tight and the greens were rolling fast. Course wasn’t packed at all but backed up a little on 13, but moved. The price was fine but I won’t play it until the courses is a bit greener and they fix the holes up.
Course is very much improvining step by step.
Over all, course is well managed and quiety. Employees are very friendly.
Course is a mess!
I never write reviews on places, but my golf outing was spoiled on Sunday because of the horrible current condition of this course. I had played it about 10 years ago and even though it was old then, it was kept in much better condition. Hole 5 &6 are being repaired so they loop you backwards after hole 4 (without good signage) and split up two nice fairway holes to make up for the two that are being repaired. Of course, they have no website that I could find and their FB page is down so there was no warning of the condition of the course. My advice is pay a bit more and find a better course in the area.