MARCH 2021 NEWSLETTER

Announcements IN THIS ISSUE:

MEMBERSHIP 2 PMGA Wet Weather Classic 3 Sunday, March 6 • 9:00am shotgun 2-Man Best Ball: Each player will play his own ball and will record his gross DINING 7 score on each hole. The team will then record the best gross ball and best SOCIAL + REC 8 net ball on each hole. CALENDAR 9 Gym Reservations Please visit the website to book a gym reservation! Extended hours are INFORMATION 10 coming soon. Thank you for your continued patience and we look forward to seeing you at the gym!

Half Price Wine Night

Wednesdays are half price wine night! Featured bottles from our menu will be half price when dining in.

25625 E. Plateau Drive, Sammamish, WA 98074 • (425) 868-6063 • plateauclub.com MEMBERSHIP

A Note from Todd

Dear Plateau Club Members, 2021 has a much more optimistic outlook than last year. I want to start by saying thank you to all of the members and staff. It has been a very difficult year and I am so thankful for all of the member support and staff efforts. So far, we have been able to offer every service allowed under the guidelines and my intention is to continue doing so as we move through 2021. As you have probably seen in the weekly emails, the dining room is open for inside dining again. We are very excited to have the opportunity to serve you personally again. Just a reminder that it is imperative that we stay diligent in our safety measures. Please continue to wear a Clubhouse Dress Code mask when walking through the Clubhouse and practice social distancing when appropriate. I also ask that we stay Denim considerate of other members as we all enjoy the pleasure Appropriate denim clothing is allowed for all members & of dining out again. Please keep children at the table and guests. However, denim may not have holes, rips, tears, or remember to use our inside voices. If you need special fraying. Cut-offs are also not permitted, and all denim must consideration for energetic youth please let us know. We be worn at the waist. will be happy to seat you in the family dining room if it is Men & Male Children available. Acceptable attire for men & male children 5 years of With regards to the reopening process. We are actively age and older include: shirts with collars and sleeves or looking at ways to increase our hours and anticipate being other appropriate shirts (i.e. mock neck shirts, very close to normal operating hours soon. The Recreation jackets, pullovers); slacks; golf course appropriate shorts; Center is planning on expanding gym reservations and and golf course appropriate bottoms (i.e. rain gear, rain Food & Beverage will continue to expand our service as pants). long as we remain able to serve inside. Chef is working an Women & Female Children exciting new menu to be rolled out in the very near future. Acceptable attire for women & female children 5 years The turf crew is working hard to get the property ready for of age and older include: dresses, skirts, slacks, and spring and the Golf Shop is gearing up for another busy golf course appropriate shorts (skirts and shorts much summer, hopefully with plenty of member events and youth be no shorter than 4” above the knee); sleeveless tops opportunities. with collars, shirts with collars and sleeves, or golf course appropriate tops (i.e. mock neck shirts, pullovers, jackets); Again, thank you for all the support and engagement. If and golf course appropriate bottoms (i.e. rain gear, rain you have ideas or questions about your club please do not pants). hesitate to call me or email. All Members, Guests & Children Sincerely, The following attire is not acceptable for all members, Todd Ormsby, General Manager guests & children (all ages): sweat pants, sweat suits, hooded sweatshirts, or workout attire; tank tops; bathing suits; and athletic shorts or shorts with draw strings. 2 GOLF

PMGA Wet Weather Classic GOLF Sunday, March 6 • 9:00am shotgun Format EVENTS OVERVIEW 2-Man Best Ball: Each player will play his own ball and will MAR 6 Saturday record his gross score on each hole. The team will then PMGA Wet Weather Classic record the best gross ball and best net ball on each hole. MAR 13 Saturday PMGA Player’s Championship All play will be from the blue tees. MAR 20 Saturday Handicaps PWGA Kick-Off Scramble

Players will receive 100% of their blue handicaps. W 5 Monday Winter Rules PWGA Eclectic Begins You may mark, lift, clean, and place your ball within one APR 10 Saturday club length of your original lie, no closer to the hole. A ball PMGA Masters in a hazard must be played as it lies. APR 18 Sunday PMGA 2-Man No Scotch

PMGA Players Championship APR 19- PWGA Weekly Auto 2-Putt MAY 2 Saturday, March 13 • 9:00am shotgun As tradition, players will pick a pro from The Players APR 29 Thursday PWGA Twilight Rules/Horserace Tournament. The pro’s Sunday score will be used as a tie breaker in The Plateau Club Players Championship.

Format Individual Stroke Play with Stableford Scoring: Each player PWGA Kick-Off Scramble will play his own ball and will convert their gross and net Sunday, March 20 • 10:00am shotgun scores to stableford points (double bogey: -1, bogey: 1, Format : 2, birdie 3, eagle 5). 9-Hole 2-Person Scramble (blind draw for teams): Both Tees players will hit from the tee and the team will select the All play will be from the men’s combo tees (gold & blue best shot. Both players will hit from there and the team will combo). seelct the best shot. This is continued until the ball is holed. Winter Rules The team must use 3 tee shots per player. You may mark, lift, clean, and place your ball within one Tees club length of your original lie, no closer to the hole. A ball All play will be from the red tees. in a hazard must be played as it lies. Handicaps The team will receive 40% of their combined course handicaps. For golf inquiries, please contact: Winter Rules Chris Lungo You may mark, lift, clean, and place your ball within one [email protected] 425.868.1614 club length of your original lie, no closer to the hole. A ball in a hazard must be played as it lies.

MARCH 2021 GOLF

2021 PGA Junior League Golf Entering our fourth season of PGA Junior League (PGAJLG), we are very excited to grow the number juniors that are having fun playing golf at The Plateau Club! Here’s how Junior League works: • Boys and girls aged 8-13 are welcome…coed TEAM golf is awesome! • We plan on hosting one team of up to 12 players, so please fill out registration as soon as possible! • Registration will close Thursday, April 1 to allow enough time for Team Kits to be delivered by the first match date. • 6 “team practices” sessions (90 minute) with coaching by Plateau Club Golf Professional David Grant. • Game play is a two-person team scramble format, where both players hit off the tee, then the best positioned shot is selected and both players will hit their next shot from that spot, this will continue until the ball is holed by one of the partners. • Each team will have a “Parent-Captain” who will help arrange travel, schedules, and rosters with PGA Coaches (If you’re interested in this special role, please contact David in the Golf Shop!) • Team members will receive Team Kits with numbered team jerseys and bag tags to display “Captured Flag” stickers • The teams will play 6 matches on Sundays during the regular season.

How to Sign up your Junior Golfer: 1. Visit www.pgajrleague.com. 2. Establish an account to proceed with the registration process. 3. On the home screen click on “Find a Team”. Enter the zip code of 98074 and the next page will have the sign up for The Plateau Club team. 4. Once you begin the registration process it will ask for an access code to register. The password is: PlateauclubPGAjr2021. 5. Please fill out all the required information on the registration pages and submit. 6. Once we receive the confirmed registration we will send you an email confirming we have your junior golfer registered on the team.

Match Schedule Matches will be held on Sunday, times are TBD: Glendale April 25

Plateau Club May 2 Tam O’Shanter May 16 Plateau Club May 23 Tam O’Shanter June 13 Glendale June 27

Practice Schedule Practices will be held from on Saturdays from 1:00–2:30pm following this schedule:

April 17 May 22 April 24 June 12 May 1 June 26

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2-Person Scramble Results Golf Dress Code

Gross This dress code applies to the golf course and all practice 1 Dan Callahan & Ken Falkner 65 $90 areas. Please make sure everyone in your group, including children, is dressed appropriately. Please feel free to Net contact the Golf Shop with any questions. 1 Jim Cangiano & Bill Byrne 59.4 $90 Men 2 Dave Eden & Jay Horton 63.6 $70 Acceptable: Shirts with collars and sleeves, slacks and 3 Brent Mudgett & Mike Epplin 65.8 $50 golf shorts up to three inches above the knee. Not Acceptable: Tank tops, tee shirts, fishnet tops, cut- offs, jams, sweat pants, denim, jeans, bathing suits, tennis Super Bowl Golf Results shorts or other athletic shorts more than three inches AFC Flight (0-11) above the knee, and drawstring slacks or shorts. 1 Scott Callan 44 $90 Women 2 Ricardo Martinez 39 $75 Acceptable: Dresses, skirts, slacks, golf shorts and T3 Steve Pelton 38 $37.50 blouses. Skirts and shorts must be no shorter than four Mike Epplin inches above the knee. Not Acceptable: Halter tops, sleeveless tee shirts, NFC Flight (12 & above) fishnet tops, bathing suit, sweat pants, cargo pants, denim 1 Brenda Puls 42 $90 clothing, jeans, tennis dresses or athletic shorts, and 2 Ceri Eames 40 $75 drawstring slacks or shorts. 3 Norm Escover 38 $50 Shoes 4 Steve Giandalia 37 $25 Acceptable: Spikeless golf shoes are required. The Golf Shop must approve use of shoes other than golf shoes. Pick Your Tees Results Not Acceptable: Football spikes, baseball spikes, and other turf shoes. Gross 1 Jim Cangiano 68 $100 2 Nathan Yocum 75 $80 GOLF COURSE HOURS

Net GOLF SHOP PRACTICE FACILITY

1 Ceri Eames 69 $100 MONDAY 10:30am–5:00pm 10:30am–2:30pm* 2 Norm Escover 70 $80 TUE–SUN 7:30am–5:00pm 7:30am–5:00pm 3 Bob Thomas 71 $60 FIRST TEE TIME OF THE DAY T4 Josh Mock 72 $45 Scott Callan MONDAY 11:00am 6 Mike Epplin 73 $30 TUES–SUN 8:00am

7 Danny Auffant 74 $15 *It has been a very wet winter which is requiring us to hand-pick balls on the Practice Cacility. Because of this, the Practice Facility will close at 2:30pm on Mondays so we can hand-pick. It is our goal to have the Practice Facility open for normal hours the rest of the week.

MARCH 2021 GOLF

THE KEEPER OF THE GREENS

The winter months are almost over and spring is just The turf department has had a very productive past couple around the corner. With it being March, greens’ aerification of months. Our main focus has been brush cutting. We is just a few weeks away. We are planning to aerify greens have been able to clear all of the forced carries on the golf on Monday, March 29 & Tuesday, March 30. The golf course over the months of January and February. We also, season is getting that much closer! have cut back the brush and trees along the cart path on We have had some crew changes in the past month. holes 14, 15, and 16. The team has also been working on: Jeremy Berardi, a member of the turf department, accepted fixing broken drain boxes, pruning shrubs in the parking lot, a position at Sahalee Country Club in January. Jeremy was rebuilt the staircase at #13 tees, and fixing broken irrigation a huge part of the Plateau Club turf department’s success heads. during his 12 years here. I would like to thank Jeremy for Bob Thomas, a Plateau Club member, has been his dedication and time here and wish him nothing but volunteering his time in the past two months to help us success in his future. In February, Jessie Walker joined our with some tree work throughout the property. He has been staff and has been a great addition to the team. Jessie has coming at least once a week to help prune trees up and 10 years of golf course maintenance experience prior to remove dying or dead trees. Bob has been a huge help and joining us. I want to thank him for his time and efforts.

— Jon Frederick, Superintendent

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Seasonal Feature Menu Update WEDNESDAY Things are beginning to thaw, the sap is running and buds HALF PRICE WINE NIGHT are appearing on the early blooming trees. A new menu is being developed in anticipation of spring. Recipes are Wednesdays are half price wine night! being researched and developed, cooking has begun, and Featured bottles from our menu will be tastings are scheduled! half price when dining in. Gone will be some of the heavier comfort foods, replaced by lighter seasonal salads, chilled soup and local produce, but don’t worry, some of the favorites will remain. If all goes according to schedule, we anticipate having it ready by the end of March.We hope to see you in the dining room!

— Chef Thomas

St. Patrick’s Day & Easter Brunch New Dining Menu Coming This Month! We’ll be running food and drink specials for St. Patty’s Day! A new menu is coming in March! One new item will be Visit us in the dining room to enjoy the festivities. Cedar Plank Pacific Salmon served with northwest wild Start thinking ahead for Easter Brunch at the Club! We plan berry beurre-blanc, seasonal vegetables, and rice pilaf. on taking reservation seating and offering a fantastic buffet. Stay tuned for additional details!

LOUNGE & GRILL HOURS

ALDER LOUNGE DINING ROOM

MON–TUESDAY CLOSED CLOSED

WED–SUNDAY 12:00–8:00pm 12:00–8:00pm Featured Drink Join us in the Alder Lounge for this and other exciting libations!

New Old Fashioned For social + dining inquiries please contact: • large rocks glass • ¾ oz simple syrup Kayla Borst • 2 dashes bitters • 2 oz fistful bourbon [email protected] 425.836.1080 • 2 dashes orange bitters • 1 large ice cube • garnish: orange peel & choice of cherries MARCH 2021 SOCIAL + REC

Gym Reservations Please visit the website to book a gym reservation! Extended hours are coming soon. Thank you for your continued patience and we look forward to seeing you at the gym!

Fitness Class Suggestions?

Would you like to see a specific group workout class offering? Please reach out to Caitlin to suggest something new!

For recreation inquiries please contact: Summer Programming Caitlin Manigley [email protected] 425.868.2139 Summer Camp Camp will be offered this year starting the week of June 21 and ending the week of August 27. Be on the lookout for more details including the themes of the sessions this RECREATION HOURS summer! reservations only

Swim and Tennis Lessons GYM We will be offering lessons in abundance this summer. Get MON–FRIDAY 6:00–10:00am your lesson request in early to secure a spot that works with your schedule. We will have a variety of instructors to SAT–SUNDAY CLOSED learn from!

Swim Team We are currently waiting to hear from Midlakes Swim League regarding the plans for the 2021 season. Be on the lookout for more information in the future.

Weekly Yoga Classes Follow us on Instagram and Wednesdays & Fridays • 8:30–9:30am tag us in your photos! Yoga classes will begin again on Wednesday, March 17. @okigolfseattle Classes are by reservation only. To sign up, please visit the #okigolfplateauclub Recreation Center page of our website and reserve a spot!

8 CALENDAR MARCH

Sun Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6

Half Price PMGA Wet Wine Night Weather Classic

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Half Price PMGA Player’s Wine Night Championship

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

St. Patrick’s Day Specials! PWGA Kick-Off Yoga Class Yoga Class Scramble Half Price Wine Night

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Yoga Class Half Price Yoga Class Wine Night

28 29 30 31

Yoga Class Spring Aerification Spring Aerification Half Price Wine Night

MARCH 2021 INFORMATION

GOLF COURSE HOURS Management Team

Todd Ormsby - General Manager GOLF SHOP PRACTICE FACILITY

(425) 868-1135 • [email protected] MONDAY 10:30am–6:00pm 10:30am–2:30pm

TUE-SUN 7:30am–5:00pm 7:30am–5:00pm Christopher Lungo - Head Golf Professional (425) 868-1614 • [email protected] FIRST TEE TIME OF THE DAY MONDAY 11:00am

Jon Frederick - Superintendent TUES–SUN 8:00am (425) 868-0451 • [email protected]

Cindy Riley - Office Manager LOUNGE & GRILL HOURS (425) 836-4404 • [email protected] ALDER LOUNGE GRILL

Thomas Alexander - Executive Chef MON–TUESDAY CLOSED CLOSED (425) 836-1081 • [email protected] WED–SUNDAY 12:00–8:00pm 12:00–8:00pm

Kayla Borst - Food & Beverage Manager (425) 836-1080 • [email protected] RECREATION CENTER HOURS

Caitlin Manigley - Recreation & Aquatic Events Manager GYM (425) 868-2139 • [email protected]

MON–FRIDAY 6:00am–10:00am

SAT–SUNDAY CLOSED