Shorecliffs GC
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3.4
1254 Reviews (1254)
5 Stars
153
4 Stars
434
3 Stars
326
2 Stars
159
1 Stars
182
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.5
Layout
3.4
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.7
69.4%
Recommend this course
836 out of 1254 reviews
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3.6
47 Reviews (47)
5 Stars
10
4 Stars
21
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.8
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.6
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.5
76.6%
Recommend this course
36 out of 47 reviews
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3.8
130 Reviews (130)
5 Stars
32
4 Stars
58
3 Stars
25
2 Stars
9
1 Stars
6
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.9
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.7
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.5
81.5%
Recommend this course
106 out of 130 reviews
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Course Highlights
The renovated clubhouse, friendly staff, and solid food and beverage options consistently impress visiting golfers. A tight canyon layout winding near the ocean delivers a challenging and rewarding round at strong value.

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
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice 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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Reviews

3.4
1254 Reviews (1254)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 38
Watching the Game 9
Amazing Food 8
Course Challenges Include:
Narrow Fairways 77
Elevation Changes 42
Bunkers 21
This course/club is great for:
Locals 64
Seniors 30
Advanced Golfers 26
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 46
Worth the Drive 24
In the 'Burbs 11

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Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Used cart

OMG what a goat track

well my buddy said hey lets try this course its inexpensive............... dear jesus this is one of the worst courses ever! horrible shape, most of the holes make no sense, odd tee box placements, all you need are the clowns teeth. this course is for bad golfers that live in San Clemente with nothing to do, bad golfers or too cheap to play a real course.... UGHHHH

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Response from on 05/16/2017:
Thank you teeithighandletitfly for your review and feedback of our golf course. We apologize for the conditions of the course as our staff is working very hard on getting the course back up to par. We hope you will give us another try very soon once all the new changes have been put in place.
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good times

The course is great !! Needs more signage to direct you to the next hole.

Carts are slow.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 05/16/2017:
Thank you so much for your review and feedback of our golf course. We are absolutely thrilled you enjoyed the course besides the lack of signage. We are looking in to this and we hope you will come back and see us again very soon as we would love to have you back.
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Excellent value

Enjoyable course rayout and good value. We could finish 18 holes less 3 & half hrs.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Response from on 05/12/2017:
Thank you for the great 4-star review! We are glad you found value in the course. Come play again soon!
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

SURPRISED

I been to this course a few times before and as always am pleased with it. The surprise I got on arrival was that the course was that the course was being

air-reated which I wasn't made aware by GOLFNOW

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 04/27/2017:
Thank you so much for your review and feedback of our golf course. We are thrilled you had a good time on the course and we are so happy you were pleased besides the aeration. We appreciate your patience during this transition period and we hope to see you back again once all the new changes have had a chance to settle in.
Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Response from on 04/26/2017:
Thank you for the review of our golf course. We hope you will let us know if you ever need anything and please come back and see us again very soon!
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good challenging coarse

Great value for your money. Bring a few extra balls if you can't keep it straight. Great staff will defiantly play again when in the area.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 04/25/2017:
Thank you Rosey1 for your review and feedback of our golf course. It is fantastic to see you had a good time on the course and we hope to see you back again very soon!
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 04/20/2017:
Thank you Frank for the 4-star and review of Shorecliffs Golf Course. It is great to see you had a good time on the course and we hope to see you back again very soon!
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Response from on 04/20/2017:
Thank you Robert for the 3-star review of Shorecliffs Golf Course. We appreciate you taking the time and we hope to see you back again very soon!
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Changed Layour

Holes 5 & 6 are closed due to housing construction. The make shift layout is a bit confusing and the construction is expected to take a couple years. They also need to upload the new layout to the GPS folks.

Staff and pace were great!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 04/11/2017:
Thank you Tiakline for your review and feedback of our golf course. We love hearing our staff took great care of you and pace of play was nice and fast. Please come back and see us again very soon!
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Decent price but......

You get what you pay for. Was looking for a course to play before watching the Masters. Shorecliffs had a bunch of times open before 8am and the price was right so booked a time. Didn't realize 2 holes got closed off so they had to turn it into a par 68 by cutting up some longer holes into two par 3's.

The good on this course is the price is right and their greens are usually in real good shape. The cons on this course is it's gimmicky and it is the hardest course in OC. No joke. It is target golf with thin patchy fairways and lots of white stakes OOB. You will shoot 5 over your handicap Guaranteed! Every time we play we always vow never to play there again but we always show back up every couple months. In OC that price is tough to beat.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Response from on 04/11/2017:
Thank you tommyhopp for your review and feedback of our golf course. We apologize for the conditions of the course as our staff is working tirelessly on getting everything back in shape. Please let us know if you ever need anything while you are here and come back and see us again soon once all the new changes have settled in.
Played On
Reviews 25
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Terrible course

First the course only had 16 holes (two were slit into four), that wasn't mentioned on GolfNow site otherwise I wouldn't have booked it. Well I did and wish I haven't, the course was in bad shape, old and not cared for, buildings haven't been touched since they were built.. on the pace of play, there was some sort of group outing, bunch of drunks just tearing up the course, driving the carts on the tee boxs and up to the green, took 25 minutes to play one hole. There was a marshal on the course but clearly did do anything just drove around and even saw some of what the others were doing but just kept driving..

Wouldn't play here if it were free

Only good thing to say is the staff in the pro shop were very nice and helpful

I will never go back to this course. GolfNow needs to make sure they reflect the courses true condition

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Response from on 04/11/2017:
Thank you bt6002 for the review of our golf course. We apologize for the conditions as our staff is working to get everything back up to par. It is great to hear our staff took such good care of you and we hope to see you back again very soon!
Played On
Reviews 32
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Local's course

I don't often leave negative reviews on courses, and won't begin now. However, this is a local's course, and should not be confused with nearby Monarch Beach, or any better municipal course. If you are visiting from out of town, go somewhere else.

This course has soooooo much potential, just not sure it will get there any time soon.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 03/29/2017:
Thank you mpatrick1964 for your review and feedback of our golf course. We are working hard on providing a superior golfing experience and with your feedback we can continue to do just that. Please come back and see us again very soon!
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Response from on 03/29/2017:
Thank you Antonio for the review and feedback of our golf course. It is great to see you had a good time on the course and we hope you will come back and see us again very soon!
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great value

Course was still a little wet but after all the rain we have received in Southern California this past month it held up good. Greens were true and fast. This is a course we will play again. They had some detours on course and some temporary greens as well as some cart path only but the course was still very playable.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 03/29/2017:
Thank you Willow202 for your 4-star review and feedback of our golf course. It is fantastic to see you had a good time on the course and we hope you will come back and see us again very soon!
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
1.0
First Time Playing

Not worth it

construction and weird layout everywhere and woul not recommend this course to anyone.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Response from on 02/27/2017:
Thank you mforsting for your review and feedback of our golf course. We apologize for your experience here on the course as we are trying to get the course back in shape for you and your guests. Come back and see us again soon once all the new and great changes have taken place.
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Sorry, but this course is a dump

And taking out two holes during construction and turning other holes into par 3's only made it worse.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Response from on 02/27/2017:
Thank you srose007 for your review and feedback of our golf course. We apologize for your experience as our staff is working hard on getting course conditions back up to par. Please come back and see us again once all the new changes have set in.
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Narrow fairways deep rough

We enjoyed our round but got stuck behind a threesome that four putted every green. The greens are very nice. Fairways were a bit wet. Rough was the jungle.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Response from on 02/14/2017:
Thank you so much for your 3-star review and feedback of Shorecliffs Golf Course. We appreciate you taking the time to leave your comments and we apologize for the four putters ahead of you, as that is never fun. We hope you will come back and see us again this time for a much faster round!
Played On
Reviews 44
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 02/07/2017:
Thank you phuongo for the 5-star review! We appreciate your time and hope you will come back and see us again very soon here at Shorecliffs Golf Course!
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Cheap Round

This course is easy to get a tee time at a cheap price. The greens were maintained well, and the fairways and tee boxes were average at best. The course is very tight with steep slopes on both sides of the fairway for many holes so accurate shots are key to scoring well here. Overall, this is a cheap easy course.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 01/30/2017:
Thank you estokj for your review and feedback. We are very happy you enjoyed the course and found it to be a challenge throughout. Please come back and play Shorecliffs Golf Club here in San Clemente again very soon.
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Shorecliffs

The course is never real crowded. It's 6K yards so it's a decent length. It has some interesting holes some over 500 yds long so you better be good with your woods or long distance hybrids. It's by the ocean so it is always cool. The greens are well kept and the green fees are pretty good.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 12/12/2016:
Thank you gabeme2002 for your review and feedback. We are very happy you enjoyed the course conditions and length of holes. Please let us know if you ever need anything and come back and play Shorecliffs Golf Club here in San Clemente again very soon.
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