Legends on the Niagara (Battlefield)

Green fees are only below our $80 ceiling in the shoulder season, but the quality of both 18-hole courses and the depth of the accompanying facilities made it an easy choice for our panel to include both 18-hole layouts at the Audubon-certified Legends. Doug Carrick’s Battlefield Course, one of the two cornerstones of the 1,000-acre Legends property, sits adjacent to the historic plains on which the Battle of Chippewa was fought during the War of 1812. Despite its flat terrain, the course offers piles of visual interest as it weaves through majestic oak woodlands and across gently rolling plains. But it’s the 20-acre lake dividing the 9th and 18th holes that provides the greatest drama. This course played host to the LPGA BMO Canadian Women’s Open in 2004.