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 |
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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 |
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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 DiannaGreene on 08/14/2025
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Photo submitted by CCUXwGyMi4o9G9RUlFln on 08/01/2025
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Photo submitted by CCUXwGyMi4o9G9RUlFln on 08/01/2025
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Photo submitted by TahoeAust12 on 12/30/2024
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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
Not what I'd call "in good shape"
Let's take a walk through my round...
Arrive- check in, all good
Restroom- urinals out of order, stalls dirty, no tp at all, no seat protectors, no soap, no paper towels.
Course- patchy grass, grounds under repair everywhere, bald spots, hard pan, etc. You get the gist.
Pace of play- snails move faster. Waiting at every tee box. Sometimes two OTHER groups at tee. Over 5.5 hrs.
On course entertainment: fight broke out between 2 groups in front of us. 10min of cursing, yelling about lawyers, and general chest puffing beligerance.
Bright side- the cart woman was awesome, she tried to break them up twice. Marshall should have been notified immediately and dolts kicked from course.
Best part of round was the weather, and a bad day at course with good friends beats a day at work.
I won't be going back, bit I have a great story to tell.
Overrated
This course might be my least favorite in California. Extremely difficult with OB on both sides with creeks running through it and undulated fairways in poor condition. The greens are as hard as concrete. The course has a grand total of zero restrooms on the course. Also, because they re-arranged the holes, my golf app GPS did not recognize any of the holes correctly. I will never play here again.
Fun time
We had a really fun time playing Shore Cliffs. We finished our round in just over 3 hours. The course was in excellent shape. The staff was very friendly. Looking firwars to playing it again.
Wonderful, wonderful
Our great time started with the first employee we met. He was at the cart checkout. We were early because traffic wasn't as difficult as we thought it would be. We were able to tee off 40 minutes earlier than our start time. We finished our round in just under four hours.
The fairways were in great shape. It appeared that the greens had been aerated weeks ago. There was minimal sand remaining only on a few greens and it didn't affect the rolling of the ball.
We had one of the best times we've had this year plating golf.
Fun, fast play, and very challenging
I really enjoyed my game here. Grass was in decent shape, greens were fast and recently punched with minimal sand on them. Layout had a lot of uphill and downhill type play with a few very narrow holes at 200 + yards total length. I'm an average handicap mens golfer and played at a bogey average and had one par. The 3 people I played with were much better and more accurate than me and they mostly played at a bogey average also with 3 or 4 pars total. We all lost at least 2 to 4 balls. If you don't hit accurately when driving here you will lose the ball as the side vegetation is dense. Pace of play was normal for a Monday (2hrs for the first 9 and 1.4 hrs last 9). Golf carts were modern and new. It's a nice course and I would play it again for sure.
Decent course
Pretty narrow front 9 which was fun. A few tee boxes were under repair which is good to see but not great if you were playing. Course was fun and greens were very challenging. If they could find a way to install a small driving range or an area to take practice swings that would really help [Monarch Beach has two or three swing stalls that could easily be installed here]. Bottom line is we will definitely go here again.
Nice club house
Club house un available because someone rented it to teach a business class ? The course is in lousy shape, too convoluted driving from home to home. The fairways were terrible ! I would not recommend this course to anyone . It’s way over priced and lots of better courses to play. Disappointed.
Great value for the money
This course is kind of short and pretty forgiving, for these reasons it is a good fit for me and also close to home. Easy to book tee times.
Needs work
First time playing, uaually find myself in SD county. Course is in rough shape. Mud/ground under repair/uneven ground etc... on every fairway. Most tee boxes sit on uneven ground. Probably the worst value for money course I've played in SoCal.
Staff was excellent, parking lot and clubhouse great as well hence the two stars. Hope they can figure it out, price is way too high for the experience offered.
Thursday play
We were lead group.
Nice clubhouse.
Course still under construction.
Conditions were better before take over by Troon
If you are trying to quit golf, this course is for you.
The worst course I have ever played. It seems like every time I play here I tell myself I will never go back. Then after around 3-6 months, I get stuck wanting to golf, but not being able to find a tee time, except for this place. They got me again... Once again, after having paid $90, I was sent on my way to a frustrating, 5.5 hr round. I get it, a lot of courses are dormant right now, but this course is next level dormant. Instead of the grass being brownish/green, there just isn't any grass to begin with. The tee boxes are all dirt, and the fairways are scarcely scattered with lily pads of grass patches, and the greens are worse than just being completely dirt. Because there are patches of inconsistent grass throughout the green, you might as well pick up your putts because you're only hurting your game by playing here. I actually felt like I got worse after playing here. If you are trying to quit golf, this course is for you.