Played 10/15/25 @720. All 18 holes are now open, they said all the major improvements have been completed. There are sti... » 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 GUR 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... » 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 prob... » 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

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. If they don't care about that, I doubt they care about shaggy greens.

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. Tees way left of the hole, so you actually have to hit over trees on the left side of the fairway to get to the fairway (that you can't see).

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.

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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 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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Played this place yesterday for the first time.

Excellent condition all the way around.

The holes ar... » More

Played this place yesterday for the first time.

Excellent condition all the way around.

The holes are fun and lots of diversity in topography.
It was windy so that was the biggest challenge for sure. Not knowing yardages and how holes played made it a little tedious at times.

Fairways and tee boxes were excellent and the greens were immaculate. Looking forward to getting out here again soon.
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Played Simi Hills Sunday. 1020am tee time.

Course was in good condition.

Tee boxes were good, fairwa... » More

Played Simi Hills Sunday. 1020am tee time.

Course was in good condition.

Tee boxes were good, fairways were good and the sand was nice although on the back it was dried out and cakey.

Greens were excellent!!! They rolled so well and true all day.

Geese, lots of geese on the water par 3's.

Pop was ok. one of the guys in our group was a little " tour pro" so it added some time to a would be swift round. Still a beautiful day and for sure windy.
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About an hour east of Redding and 15 minutes from Burney Falls lies this lovely course.
Lots of trees and mountain v... » More

About an hour east of Redding and 15 minutes from Burney Falls lies this lovely course.
Lots of trees and mountain views await. 6557 from the whites with no roll made it one of the longer courses I've played, 7400 from the tips. Must have got here at the wrong time of the year. The fairways were very long which made it play tough and the greens were very slow, otherwise it was perfect.
The restaurant (tasty hotdog) is now closed for the season I think, and the course goes to the honor system at the end of the month. Great valley and mountain views and 4 fabulous and varied par 3's really made this course stand out. I would love to see it in season(summer?) and play it when it's rolling. Funny, most of the elevation change was downhill so that will help with the length.
Played late so the green fee was $24 but the cart fee was $34, don't know if that was because my wife rode with me. Despite the length and elevation change the course is walkable. Highly recommend if ever in the area.
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About an hour west of Redding lies this scenic 9 holer. Honor box, faded xeroxed scorecard and $15 walking rate greeted ... » More

About an hour west of Redding lies this scenic 9 holer. Honor box, faded xeroxed scorecard and $15 walking rate greeted me at about 4PM. Couldn't make out the card but I think it was 1,700 yards from the tips with 4 short par 4's. Great setting thru the autumn trees with a nice mountain backdrop. Not a great amount of grass in the fairways or on the greens but it was still playable, and a fun and an easy walk. My wife loved that they had a bench on every hole as she walked with me.

Restuarant looked busy and filled with locals as I don't know what else is in the area, didn't partake. I'm trying to play everything, but this is definitely out of the way. Saw two guys in a cart so it serves the community's needs.
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Made a morning-of tee time for 12:50, Friday 10/10 and went out as one of three singles playing the whites. I've played ... » More

Made a morning-of tee time for 12:50, Friday 10/10 and went out as one of three singles playing the whites. I've played here more in the last year because it is a go-to for last minute tee times. I'd say the conditions were about what you would expect this time of year. The fairways were mostly decent with coverage, but not without the bare patches you might expect after a long summer and before the rainy season. I wouldn't expect lush here and I was fine with it. The rough had examples of both more lush and more dry areas, but mostly it is not penalizing. I missed any bunkers but my playing partner's limited experience in them indicated firm. The green surrounds were more often greened up and good for chipping. First time in about 25 years I chipped in for birdies twice in a round. Greens were good shape, running at medium pace and minimal pitch marks. The course is very forgiving in its generally flat expansiveness and in that respect lower stress than some. I had a better than average round for me and so came away with few complaints about the course or conditions. Know before you go and I pretty much knew before I went.

As an aside, when reserving my tee time, the site showed only one available, which I took, but when I got there right before my time, they said I'd be playing alone because the threesome didn't show up. Fortunately, by the time they announced me on the first tee a few minute later, they had added couple of names and we went out as a threesome. It turned out to be a good number and the young man and woman were both excellent company. Any inadequacies about the conditions seems incidental and it was one of those rounds where the game and the company came together for a particularly enjoyable round.
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Played at noon on Saturday. I had heard from fellow golfers that JC Golf had put a lot of money into this course, and i... » More

Played at noon on Saturday. I had heard from fellow golfers that JC Golf had put a lot of money into this course, and it was a much better value than its Eagle Crest days. I don't think I've played this course in 15 years, its condition as Eagle Crest had left a bad taste in my mouth.

Green fees were $79, which included the cart. No range, it looks like they would need to put tall fencing up to get the old range area open again. Fairway and rough conditions were pretty bare, a lot of brown and dirt areas. The greens were extremely soft and brutally slow (apparently they were punched a few weeks ago). I had an 80 foot putt in the 15th hole which may be the hardest I've ever hit a putt, and yet still came up 15 feet short. Some sand in the bunkers, but not much, maybe an inch worth.

No water on the course, but there was both a water cart and a small beverage cart that came around a couple of times. It was much needed, as it was still fairly warm in mid-October. Staff was friendly and polite. Apparently there was a tournament in the morning that slowed play down, and multiple times we drove up to a tee box with the group ahead of us still waiting to tee off. We ended up having a 5hr 10 min round.

I'll probably wait another year or so until I return. It's nice to see a course on the rebound, but it's not quite to the level where I want to spend more money.
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Can't remember when I was able to play 3times in one week! Played Dos Osos this morning, Sunday, 7:20am tee time. Cust... » More

Can't remember when I was able to play 3times in one week! Played Dos Osos this morning, Sunday, 7:20am tee time. Customer service as always is great here. No frills proshop but the guys working the counter this morning were awesome, very friendly. Tried to get us to buy the JC card, but it's difficult for me to justify as most of the courses are an hour+ to the north of me. It is a good value, though. We were charged $79 to ride. I'd say it's still a little overpriced for the conditions but work continues to get done and they're trying very hard to bring this course back to its luster.

White tees were fairly level, but coverage was not good. Lots of dirt and different mixes of grass/weeds/clover. Not a huge deal breaker, but just made you take some extra time to look for a good stance.

Fairways are showing some signs of life in most proper landing areas, but tons of horrible areas, as well. We played the ball down, but I highly recommend lift clean and place in the fairways right now.

Rough was a similar situation as the fairways. Showing some signs of promise, but I'd say over half the rough is dirt/weeds/clover. Mixed bag of what kind of lie you might get. It could be anywere from a perfect lie to absolutely deplorable.

I didn't find any bunkers, but they looked ok. A few of them looked wet and had some standing water from sprinklers, but most of the sand looked fluffy and fairly new.

Greens are still healing from aeration a couple weeks ago. Very bumpy and shaggy on the front. Super slow!!! Pretty frustrating on the front nine for sure. But they got better as you played through the back nine. 16, 17 and 18 greens were actually pretty good, on the verge of being very good. This will be a true test if all the work on the course will pay off. These greens should all be in great shape in another 3-4 weeks. I will be anxious to get back out there next month to see.

POP right at 4hrs. Marshall doing a great job keeping pace going.

I've always loved this course, played Eagle Crest before any homes were even built. It's just a super fun layout. No parallel fairways, elevation changes, water features, etc. It's got great bones, now let's see if JC Resorts can bring it back. Easy recommend.
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