Nice thread David. I enjoyed the one opportunity that I played Congress Lake. It has a nice set of greens, which are pretty well bunkered and is routed over an interesting property with some movement and elevation changes. I agree with the post from Brian Hoover that CLC would benefit from some tree removal. Really, most courses in Ohio could use some tree clearing - I am glad that my club removed a significant amount of trees over the past winter, it opened up some nice views and playing corridors, and appears to have benefited the turf as well.
Keeping with the Ross in Ohio theme, I think Westbrook Country Club in Mansfield should be added to the list. To me, it has a similar feel to Springfield C.C. with its location in one of Ohio's smaller cities. I prefer Springfield, but, like most of Ross' courses in Ohio, Westbrook also has an interesting set of greens. Westbrook's clubhouse is located on the highest portion of the property with the course below. The course plays down and back up the large hill several times during the round. It probably suffers because its not located in a major area (Mansfield is located about half way between Columbus and Cleveland). There really aren't any other notable clubs to plan a trip around within forty-five minutes to an hour of Westbrook in any direction and, unless you are a junkie of The Shawshank Redemption, you probably aren't planning a trip to Mansfield.