Congress Lake Club

Set among hardwoods and kettle-lake topography in Hartville, Ohio (northeast of Canton), Congress Lake Club is a private, year-round club whose golf identity centers on an 18-hole Donald Ross redesign that opened in 1930. Today the course plays roughly 6,600 yards at par 71 from the championship tees and finishes unconventionally with a par-three eighteenth framed by encircling bunkers. The lake and its feeders influence several holes—most notably the short par-four seventh—while fairways move over modest relief to greens that retain Ross’s original interior contours. Members practice on a full facility with seven target greens, a double-sized bent-grass tee, practice bunkers, and a short-game area, supported by a caddie program and junior golf. Beyond golf, the campus fronts a 200-acre spring-fed lake with boating and fishing, a renovated lakefront clubhouse, pool, and racquet amenities. Access is private by membership, with limited guest play through members.