NOVEMBER 2020 NEWSLETTER
Announcements IN THIS ISSUE:
MEMBERSHIP 2 The Plateau Club Apple Cup GOLF 3 Saturday, November 22 • Tee times Apple Cup golf will be an individual net game. The format will be a modified DINING 5 points system. SOCIL + REC 6 New Fresh Sheet for November! CALENDAR 7 Head into the Red Alder to enjoy Chef’s delicious new offerings. Fresh Sheet features include: Osso Bucco, Forest Mushroom Gnocchi, INFORMATION 8 Surf & Turf, and more!
25625 E. Plateau Drive, Sammamish, WA 98074 • (425) 868-6063 • plateauclub.com MEMBERSHIP
A Note from Todd Dear Plateau Club Members, EVENTS OVERVIEW Welcome to the last quarter of 2020! You may have noticed NOV 14 Saturday that we have been able to expand our indoor service to 6 2-Person Chapman people per table. Members dining indoors do not need to be from the same household. Please remember that the NOV 22 Sunday Apple Cup Golf tables do need to be socially distanced and we can not have members or children moving around the clubhouse DEC 5 Saturday 2-Person 1, 2 except to use the facilities or enter and exit the building. DEC 19 Saturday Thank you to all who participated in our pumpkin carving 2-Person Select Drive Alternate Shot event. Caitlin and the staff did a wonderful job supporting all of that creative spirit. We will endeavor to have more of these kinds of traditions but with a twist to meet current guidelines. Stay tuned for future announcements. Clubhouse Dress Code You may have noticed that we have changed our software Denim and point of sale systems in the clubhouse. This new Appropriate denim clothing is allowed for all members & service started on November 1 and should provide a much guests. However, denim may not have holes, rips, tears, or more interactive experience with our website and ease fraying. Cut-offs are also not permitted, and all denim must of use of clubhouse offerings. The servers will now be be worn at the waist. using iPads when taking your order. This should help with Men & Male Children accuracy and efficiency! Acceptable attire for men & male children 5 years of Thank you for all of the support throughout the summer. age and older include: shirts with collars and sleeves or It was a joy to provide the pool for a month longer than other golf course appropriate shirts (i.e. mock neck shirts, normal. Remember the gym can be used regularly by jackets, pullovers); slacks; golf course appropriate shorts; appointment. and golf course appropriate bottoms (i.e. rain gear, rain pants). Lastly, please do check out the new menu in your restaurant. Chef has worked very hard to create a core Women & Female Children menu of familiar delights while pairing this with a fresh Acceptable attire for women & female children 5 years sheet that will rotate throughout the season. This will help of age and older include: dresses, skirts, slacks, and us keep your visits refreshing and still provide a choice of golf course appropriate shorts (skirts and shorts much the classic fall comfort items we have become accustomed be no shorter than 4” above the knee); sleeveless tops to. with collars, shirts with collars and sleeves, or golf course appropriate tops (i.e. mock neck shirts, pullovers, jackets); I look forward to seeing all of you around the clubhouse and golf course appropriate bottoms (i.e. rain gear, rain as we do our best to provide a festive and safe holiday pants). season. 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.
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2-Person Champan Welcome, David Grant!
Sunday, November 14 • Tee times I appreciate having this opportunity $15 entry fee to introduce myself as the new Format Assistant Golf Professional, and Both players will hit from the tee and then hit each other’s I’m thrilled to have come to know ball (you will hit your partner’s second shot). After both many of you over this past golf second shots have been hit, the team will select on ball and season. I moved from Pasadena, play alternate shot for the remainder of the hole. No player California to Washington in June will hit the same ball twice in a row. This will restart on each of 2018, as my wife wanted to be tee, with both players hitting their own ball from the tee. closer to her family in Issaquah, where she was born and Penalty strokes do not affect the order of play. raised.
Tees I obtained a BA in marketing, and have worked in the Men will play from the blue tees and women will play from golf industry for more than 25 years. Key positions that I the red tees. have held include: Assistant Manager at Brookside Golf Course, Golf Instructor at Tregnan Golf Academy, Regional Handicaps Tournament Sales Director (American Golf Corporation), Teams will receive 40% of their combined 18 hole Assistant Golf Professional at Griffith Park Golf Course, handicaps. Contributor for Golf Tips Magazine, Program Director Winter Rules for Stanton University’s Professional Golf Management You may mark, lift, clean, and place your ball within one program, and most recently as Assistant Golf Professional club length of your original lie, no closer to the hole. A ball at The Golf Club at Redmond Ridge where I helped run the in a hazard must be played as it lies. Nike Junior Golf Camps. It’s my intention to establish a junior golf program here which will provide a safe, secure and, covid-free vs environment for our juniors to learn the great game of golf. As a long-time coach, I understand and am sensitive to The Plateau Club Apple Cup the fact that student-athletes have individualized needs and varied ability levels that need to be addressed, even Saturday, November 22 • Tee times in group settings. Therefore, the training model and Format tournament schedules will be prepared accordingly. Apple Cup golf will be an individual net game. The format The program will combine customized technical instruction, will be a modified points system. The points go as follows: course management, rules, etiquette and competitive Net Eagle Touchdown 6 points methodology, with the following core competencies Net Birdie Field Goal 3 points • Technical • Physical • Goals Net Par Safety 2 points • Strategy • Mental • Life skills Net Bogey Extra point 1 point From tee to green, Plateau Club junior members will Winter Rules be foundationally equipped to meet their golfing goals, You may mark, lift, clean, and place your ball within one whether it be for social or competitive play, for college club length of your original lie, no closer to the hole. A ball scholarships or professional aspirations, or simply for the in a hazard must be played as it lies. love of the game. David Grant NOVEMBER 2020 GOLF
Golf Dress Code KEEPER OF THE GREENS This dress code applies to the golf course and all practice areas. Please make sure everyone in your group, including It seems like fall is moving by too fast as we are children, is dressed appropriately. Please feel free to preparing the course for winter. Between prime contact the Golf Shop with any questions. growing weather, which had the turf growth surging well into late October, and a couple of wind storms, our Men Shirts with collars and sleeves, slacks and crew had plenty of work to do during October. We have Acceptable: golf shorts up to three inches above the knee. added to our crew during the month, Kelly joined our Tank tops, tee shirts, fishnet tops, cut- crew in the middle of the month. He spent the past 13 Not Acceptable: offs, jams, sweat pants, denim, jeans, bathing suits, tennis months working for the turf department at Newcastle. shorts or other athletic shorts more than three inches Kelly has fit in well with our crew well in the short above the knee, and drawstring slacks or shorts. amount of time he has been here. Women During the next few weeks, we will be going over Acceptable: Dresses, skirts, slacks, golf shorts and our goals for the winter and setting a timeline for blouses. Skirts and shorts must be no shorter than four completion of these goals. We will continue to work on inches above the knee. our storm drain and retention ponds with alder removal Not Acceptable: Halter tops, sleeveless tee shirts, again this winter to meet our requirements for King fishnet tops, bathing suit, sweat pants, cargo pants, denim County & the City of Sammamish. We started to do clothing, jeans, tennis dresses or athletic shorts, and some clearing earlier in the season, but had to hit the drawstring slacks or shorts. pause button on this as we were losing seasonal staff Shoes and had to shift our focus to maintaining the rest of the Acceptable: Spikeless golf shoes are required. The Golf golf course until time, turf growth, and weather would Shop must approve use of shoes other than golf shoes. allow us to get back to it. Not Acceptable: Football spikes, baseball spikes, and — Jon Frederick, Superintendent other turf shoes.
GOLF COURSE HOURS Ryder Cup Results GOLF SHOP PRACTICE FACILITY Congratulations Team USA! The USA Team won the Plateau Club Ryder Cup by 1 point, 24.5 to 23.5 Thank you MONDAY 10:30am–5:00pm 10:30am–5:00pm to all of you who participated. This has turned into one of TUESDAY 7:30am–5:00pm 10:00am–5:00pm
the best events of the year. WED–FRI 7:30am–5:00pm 7:30am–5:00pm Congratulations to the men’s and women’s match play FIRST TEE TIME OF THE DAY
champions for 2020! MONDAY 11:00am
Men’s Gross Champion: Jim Cangiano TUES–SUN 8:00am Women’s Net Champion: Brent Mudgett Women’s 18 Hole Champion: Liz Thomas Women’s 9 Hole Champion: Jill Walls
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NOVEMBER FRESH SHEET
AUTUMN SALAD 13 harissa roasted squash, baby kale, roasted beet, red pepper julienne, pomegranate, water chestnut, blood orange shallot vinaigrette
OSSO BUCO 35 braised veal shank, garlic, tomato, pinot grigio, seasonal vegetables, risotto milanaise
PASTA PUTTANESCA 17 fettuccini, garlic, tomato, anchovy, olive, caper, garlic toast
CHICKEN PICCATA 22 lemon, butter, capers, seasonal vegetables, mashed potatoes
FOREST MUSHROOM GNOCCHI 17 sautéed with procini and crimini, thyme, and rosemary cream
SURF & TURF 45 grilled 12oz prime grade dry-aged rib eye, 12oz steamed dungeness crab, seasonal vegetables,mashed potatoes LOUNGE & GRILL HOURS
ALDER LOUNGE DINING ROOM
MON–TUESDAY CLOSED CLOSED
WED–THURSDAY 11:00am–8:00pm 4:00–8:00pm
FRI–SATURDAY 11:00am–9:00pm 4:00–9:00pm
SUNDAY 11:00am–8:00pm 4:00–8:00pm
For social + dining inquiries please contact: Kayla Borst [email protected] 425.836.1080
NOVEMBER 2020 SOCIAL + REC
Indoor Socially-Distanced Yoga! All classes are complimentary for members. Please sign up Gingerbread House Decorating online or call (425) 868-2139 to reserve a spot as spaces are limited. Saturday, December 12 • 12:00–3:00pm $25++ per gingerbread house
Come create a beautiful gingerbread house and enjoy hot For recreation inquiries please contact: holiday beverages. Lunch will be available for purchase in Caitlin Manigley the dining room. [email protected] 425.868.2139 Please RSVP by emailing [email protected] or [email protected].
RECREATION HOURS reservations only
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MON–FRIDAY 6:30am–12:00pm 3:00–7:00pm
SAT–SUNDAY 8:00am–3:00pm
Sunday Seahawks Specials
Every Sunday! Enjoy a special Sunday Seahawks menu all day Sunday. Specials include Touchdown Shots, Seattle Dogs, Loaded Nachos, and more!
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NOVEMBER 2020 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–3:00pm
TUESDAY 7:00am–6:00pm 10:00am–7:00pm Christopher Lungo - Head Golf Professional (425) 868-1614 • [email protected] WED–FRI 7:00am–6:00pm 7:30am–7:00pm
SAT–SUN 6:30am–6:00pm 7:00am–7:00pm Jon Frederick - Superintendent FIRST TEE TIME OF THE DAY (425) 868-0451 • [email protected] MONDAY 11:00am
TUES–FRI 7:30am Cindy Riley - Office Manager (425) 836-4404 • [email protected] SAT–SUN 7:00am
Thomas Alexander - Executive Chef (425) 836-1081 • [email protected] LOUNGE & GRILL HOURS
ALDER LOUNGE GRILL Kayla Borst - Food & Beverage Manager (425) 836-1080 • [email protected] MON–TUESDAY CLOSED CLOSED
WED–THURSDAY 11:00am–9:00pm 5:00–9:00pm Caitlin Manigley - Recreation & Aquatic Events Manager FRI–SATURDAY 11:00am–10:00pm 5:00–10:00pm (425) 868-2139 • [email protected] SUNDAY 11:00am–8:00pm 5:00–8:00pm
RECREATION CENTER HOURS
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MON–FRIDAY 6:30am–12:00pm 3:00–7:00pm
SAT–SUNDAY 8:00am–3:00pm