Shorecliffs GC
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3.1
1203 Reviews (1203)
5 Stars
141
4 Stars
412
3 Stars
317
2 Stars
155
1 Stars
178
Conditions
2.9
Value
3.2
Layout
3.1
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.4
59.7%
Recommend this course
797 out of 1203 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.8
92 Reviews (92)
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
40
3 Stars
20
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.5
Value
4.0
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.5
82.6%
Recommend this course
76 out of 92 reviews
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3.4
136 Reviews (136)
5 Stars
26
4 Stars
46
3 Stars
34
2 Stars
13
1 Stars
17
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.5
Layout
3.4
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.3
67.6%
Recommend this course
92 out of 136 reviews
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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
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area 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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3.1
1203 Reviews (1203)
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Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
3.0
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First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 35
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 26
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Thursday play

We were lead group.

Nice clubhouse.

Course still under construction.

Conditions were better before take over by Troon

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

First and last time playing here. This course is what you’d expect from a $20 course

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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