Played 10/15/25 @720. All 18 holes are now open, they said all the major improvements have been completed. There are still some items being worked on peripherally but all the fairways are open with some occasional GIR areas. Great playing conditions all around. It was cart path only today because of all the rain yesterday but everything was in great shape. Tee boxes were very l... » More

Played 10/15/25 @720. All 18 holes are now open, they said all the major improvements have been completed. There are still some items being worked on peripherally but all the fairways are open with some occasional GIR areas. Great playing conditions all around. It was cart path only today because of all the rain yesterday but everything was in great shape. Tee boxes were very level with minimal issues. Fairways were soggy but dried out towards the afternoon. Sand traps were very consistent- nice and fluffy (both fairway and greenside). Greens were rolling awesome! They were very quick but held nicely with approach shots. They also became quicker once the sun came out. Many multi-tiered greens made putting fun or frustrating depending on your perspective. I'm glad they finally got everything straightened out because this is one of my favorites in the higher end course category.
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Played today after the long awaited reseeding of the fairways. Cart path only today and maybe for the next month. Wouldn't you know but the group ahead of us turned off the GPS and drove straight onto the first fairway. And then tried riding in the rough to get as close to their ball as possible. No pride whatsoever.

Fairways were just awful. Patches of fairways had no... » More

Played today after the long awaited reseeding of the fairways. Cart path only today and maybe for the next month. Wouldn't you know but the group ahead of us turned off the GPS and drove straight onto the first fairway. And then tried riding in the rough to get as close to their ball as possible. No pride whatsoever.

Fairways were just awful. Patches of fairways had no grass either due to poor soil preparation or poor seed disbursement. Probably needed 2x the amount of seed than they actually used. Greens were pretty good having just been rolled. Tee boxes level and grass grew in better than fairways. Way too much sand in bunkers. Rough is thick and lush. Difficult to play out of because ball sits down which is fine.

POP was 4.5 hours due to CPO. Hopefully by 12/1 the fairways should fill in but no holding my breath as the grass will stop growing once it get colder.

Course owner should be embarrassed because there were perfect conditions to grow grass yet once again they failed.
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Snowbirds are coming in, so the course is more crowded and POP slowing down. Today was my first round as a 4some in probably 5-6 months here. 4.5H POP not bad with CPO, but seems awfully long after being used to sub 3H rounds. Course lush after just reopening from fall overseeding. Everything cut high and makes the course play long. 4-6 irons were my friends today on approach s... » More

Snowbirds are coming in, so the course is more crowded and POP slowing down. Today was my first round as a 4some in probably 5-6 months here. 4.5H POP not bad with CPO, but seems awfully long after being used to sub 3H rounds. Course lush after just reopening from fall overseeding. Everything cut high and makes the course play long. 4-6 irons were my friends today on approach shots I could normally expect to use 7-9 irons on. Tees very well maintained. Fairways cut high and provided little roll. Rough thicker than usual and also higher. Sand is excellently maintained. Greens firm and putt medium speed with few ball marks. Carts have nice GPS. Excellent range and good restaurant on site. Customer service always a ++. Highly recommended.
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20 years ago, I swore off Shorecliffs even though it was 4 miles from home. It was a mess, and then a landslide made it more of a mess.

Time passed. I mellowed. Shorecliffs got a new managing group, and money started to go into the course. Nice new clubhouse and restaurant. Nice practice green and decent chipping areas that I use for practice weekly. Reviews started t... » More

20 years ago, I swore off Shorecliffs even though it was 4 miles from home. It was a mess, and then a landslide made it more of a mess.

Time passed. I mellowed. Shorecliffs got a new managing group, and money started to go into the course. Nice new clubhouse and restaurant. Nice practice green and decent chipping areas that I use for practice weekly. Reviews started to pour in about the improvements and positive trends.

Finally, the stars (schedule, openings, hot deal) aligned, and my 20 year hiatus from Shorecliffs came to an end today.

THE KING IS NOT DEAD! LONG LIVE THE KING!

Shorecliffs is still awful. Worse than anything I have played in 20 years, since Shorecliffs.

Here we go. Greens are shaggy, soft, and bumpy. Nothing over 2 feet rolled straight. At least the grass is there, it could be cut short and rolled and I think they would be fine. I might give them the benefit of the doubt, but at least 6 of the cups were cut at ground level. 2 of the cups were actually at grass level, you could run your hand over the hole and feel the cup edge. I can't remember ever seeing cups that poorly seated.

And an unannounced surprise, all Blue and White tee boxes were closed. So we played from the Ladies' Tees for half of the holes, and the other half the tees were actually ahead of the ladies tees. This already short 5700 yard course played around 4200 today. There was a 267 yard par 5. It was downhill and downwind. I was one good bounce from driving the green on a Par 5.

As for the layout changes over 20 years, as others have stated, the nines have flipped. Now you get to start on the two tightest fairways, without having a range to warm up on. Good luck. The landslide lost Par 4 on the now Back 9 has been replaced by making the Par 5 #10 (old #1) into a 150 yard Par 3, followed by a 220 yard Par 4 (?). And that is a straight 220, although we were playing it at 175. The hole before the landslide is a complete mess.

On my golf tracker spreadsheet, 20 years ago I left this liitle note on the Shorecliffs line.... "play only if less than $3". I think I may have been a bit too generous.

Highly not recommended.
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This course had been on my list for a while and I finally got around to playing it right before they aerated.

Driving range is a little bit of an odd setup with it being pretty far from the clubhouse - would probably recommend driving over there once you check in. You do have to buy a range code from the proshop unless you have a range key for the course so keep that ... » More

This course had been on my list for a while and I finally got around to playing it right before they aerated.

Driving range is a little bit of an odd setup with it being pretty far from the clubhouse - would probably recommend driving over there once you check in. You do have to buy a range code from the proshop unless you have a range key for the course so keep that in mind. Range is on mats and the balls are half decent.

There are a couple small putting greens and a small short range area near both course teeboxes that were in pretty good shape.

On the course the teeboxes are in pretty good shape, a couple had some bare spots but overall they were fairly lush and green.

Fairways were pretty good, like the teeboxes there were some bare spots but overall pretty decent coverage.

Rough wasn't very penal overall but there were some areas that were thicker and more lush than others, not super consistent but overall decent coverage. Again with the overall theme though of bare spots in some areas but to be fair they're not so bare that you're hitting off of hardpan - just more sparsely grown grass.

Greens were in great shape for a public course and rolled pretty well. Some holes had much more wear and tear with unrepaired ball marks or dead spots from poorly repaired ball marks but overall really nice.

The course layout is great, some challenging holes with multiple decision options off the tee and other straight forward ones to help balance it out. Probably some of the harder par 3s in San Diego county, I think all of them were longer than 170yds from the back tees.

We saw the beverage cart multiple times on each 9 and they have a halfway house with plenty of food/drink options.

Overall great experience, POP was pretty good, I think it was around 4:30 for 18 with 4 walkers. Will definitely be back to play again once the course heals from aeration. Highly recommend, awesome value (~$59 for 18).
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