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 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
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
Good times
The course is great !! Needs more signage to direct you to the next hole.
Carts are slow.
Excellent value
Enjoyable course rayout and good value. We could finish 18 holes less 3 & half hrs.
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
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.
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
Not worth it
construction and weird layout everywhere and woul not recommend this course to anyone.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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