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 DiannaGreene on 08/14/2025
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Photo submitted by CCUXwGyMi4o9G9RUlFln on 08/01/2025
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Photo submitted by 2ymFaxvT2ouuAw7PyeOS on 05/24/2025
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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
Carts
Nice new carts but brake was impossible to engage!!!
Forget the bad reviews
I am not an employee and I’m not sure what the “golf snobs” are talking about but this course is very nice. It does appear that there have been some major changes which in my opinion were well thought out. Fairways and greens were very good. Stay out of the deep stuff and you will enjoy your round. Food in the restaurant was amazing and the staff were very friendly. Yardage markers or GPS would be very helpful. Glad I decided to play here.
Golf
Liked golf course, sand traps need new sand. GPS on carts would also be nice!
Not Even Worth $35
Sucks would be a gratuitous word for this course. Willowick is in much better condition and it's only $53. Whoever is setting prices must be oblivious to the course conditions or living in fantasy land. Unless they drop their prices to below $40, I won't be back.
Play since improvements
This is the first time I played the course since the upgrades. The new Clubhouse is first class as well as surroundings. Of course condition is much improved over the months. I really have no complaints.
Not a bad OC Course
Played here despite the negative reviews. I think it's not bad, but you can maybe see what people were previously complaining about. 15 fairway doesnt seem to have been overseeded and is a little bit rough, and 18 green is almost burned out. Otherwise, it's in good shape. Most greens are nicely kept, soft, and smooth. The course is short even from the blue tees and it's tight, so you can't spray the ball around. Think of a better condition, slightly shorter less scenic Tijeras or a longer better condition Oso for slightly more $. The staff is super friendly and with more time the conditons may just keep getting better.
NOT worth the price
This course is not worth the price tag. Also, the 3rd hole has been under construction for like a year so the course plays shorter. They cut a par 5 into two holes to make up for the 3rd. Greens were fine but some of the fairways were garbage. The staff are great. Go play Oso Creek for $50 or Mesa Linda/Los Lagos for $75.
The Ditch
It’s still a ditch and the price does not match the course y’all are high
Good Course
The front nine is very tight. You need to be strategic with your shots. This was my first time playing this course. I would recommend playing at least twice or more. You need a round to understand where to hit the ball. The greens are very fast. They were hard for me to read them well, however I play in Florida and the grass is very different. I want to play it again.
Frustrating Experience at Improved Golf Course
The completed construction has greatly improved the course conditions and quality. I'm not sold it's worth the $110 they charge on the weekends, it's not even close to Tijeras Creek, etc., in terms of quality, but it is pretty fair for a good quality golf course in San Clemente.
The major problem is that this course sends players off the back 9 only two hours into the morning round, on the weekend! We were the first group out at 6 AM on a Saturday, no one in front of us (aka why we are waking up to play at 6 AM and still paying full price), and we pull up to hole 10, after playing 9 empty holes, with 2 foursomes out in front of us! Even more incredibly, there was ANOTHER twosome behind us to play just the back 9. So that means 2 hours into our round, there were 4 different groups sent to hole 10 at around 8 am. On a Saturday.
This course used to pull this move when all the construction was going on, etc. But I assumed that when they are charging $110 to play this well maintained, albeit pretty generic golf course, they would not be sending people off the back on hole 10 at 8 AM, on the weekend.
We were the first group out and it took 4 hours plus to play 18 holes on a sub-6,000 yard course. For $110. Yeah, no thanks!! I will not be coming back here because of this. This is a really a shame because as I mentioned in the first sentence, the course has really improved a lot, even if it is a bit overpriced.
Average golfer
I play 3x a week for 30 plus years and have played most every club worth playing in OC. Iam a 10.6 hcp.To put it bluntly any reviews over 2 stars are most likely employess and this course is a joke and the " ditch still applies " nuff said.
That samm dude needs a reality check
Get a load of that samm dude’s 5 star review. Lol “dont look at all the bad reviews” ? You’re joking right, clearly you work there. No one in their right mind would be happy paying $100 for this course and the highlight of the round is the greens having the water rolled off lol. And still brings up the fact the fairways are dry and patchy haha. Then the comment about the 15 handicaps. I am a 5.5 and still hate this course because hacks like you are looking for your ball every tee shot. 15 is a totally acceptable handicap and you act like they don’t know how to play golf, any course that cant be played by a 15 handicap is not a golf course. Be real with yourself and go back to scrolling instagram when you dont have any golfers to check in to their tee times because clearly you work there lol
Your comments are spot on. Course is a joke.