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 mYBJn3Cml609j1pAv12A on 03/26/2026
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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 course. Some challenging holes and fairly narrow fairways. Cause is a good value for the money. I would recommend it.
We love this Course
This is our home course and we have been playing Shorecliffs at least once per week for over twenty years.
Good for a casual round
Same as always just missing 2 holes. Half way food is now really expensive for what you get. Not worth it at all.
Fast greens
Greens are in great shape along with fairways. Pace of play was medium to slow Minamal waiting between holes. Weekday golf is great now that I'm finally retired! Thanks Shorecliffs keep improving!
Sunday golf with no waiting
Great round with nobody in sight in front or behind. Tee off as a single and played two to three balls every hole and never ran into or had a group catch up. Great practice day. 2 hours 45 min round.
Great Deal
I play the course semi-regularly. Excellent climate and although Mother Nature forced the closure of some holes awhile back the course remains challenging with a good balance of open fairways coupled with more than a few tight ones that require some target golf. On Sunday the greens were incredible: quick and rolling true. It was a joy to play Shorecliffs.
Construction
The course is not maintained. Many fairways were hard as cement. Holes 5 and 6 were not available and two of the par 5 holes were split into two to make up for holes 5 and 6. Restaurant was poorly maintained. I would not play this course again even at a $5 rate.
Horrible Course!
The course was in horrible condition! Never was told that the course was under construction. Two of the whole was eliminated. They tried to replace the two hole on the par 5 which the split up into a par four and a par 3. Very disappointed. If I would of known I would of book somewhere else.
A Change Owners Need To Invest
Golf needs improvement. Greens are fast and fun to putt. Fairways are beat need maintenance.
Shorecliff “Oh My Gosh”
The course was under construction and the signage for the holes was bad. Confusing course. I wouldn’t recommend the course to anyone till construction was done. Food was good. Staff friendly. The carts in bad shape. We made the best of it and had fun anyway. BUT it definitively would have been better if course was in better shape
play extremely slow we quit after 12 holes. Fairways were rough. Lots of construction on the course. insufficient signage for construction.
We will not go back
Course has had to adjust layout because of flooding in past. A few holes are turned from a par five to a three and a five. Still for the price it is a fun track with good reliable greens.
Perfect greens, everything else very poor
The short version - they laid out a golf course in the middle of a subdivision in too small of an area. It's basically an executive course with perfect greens. Very, very tight. Very slow, as well. I also slipped and fell walking from 17 green to 18 tee. I didn't want to walk through the tunnel because I was worried about this, but there was a fence blocking my path over the road.
Shore Cliffs
Greens in good shape, but that was all. The fairways and tee boxes are terrible. It seems that they only pay attention to the greens. Two holes are closed and they cut tow other holes in half, which is also terrible.
The prices however do not reflect the existing changes or conditions. It was always a cheap low end course but with these changes they should have lower the price to reflect the poor conditions & reduction in play.
Practice course only
I can’t remember the course ever being complete it’s always under repair due to flood or landslide or something. The staff was very friendly it’s a fun course to go out and just hit the ball around don’t expect much. The range is iffy and the range balls are horrible the course needs a complete redo but you still have to go out and hit a shot and put the ball in the hole again it’s a good practice course only. Sorry to be blunt.
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Great staff, good greens but that’s it! Suffers from NO maintenance or investment!
RE-jigged for mud slides not properly advertised, cost for this course not justified.
Storm sewers function as travel tunnels.
Save your $$$, play someplace quality like Arrowwood !