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The Doc Gimmler Day Two
St. John's Wraps Up First Tournament of the Season
9/13/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
• Final Results
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BETHPAGE, N.Y. (Sept. 13, 2015) -- The St. John's men's golf team closed out the first tournament of the season on Sunday with a ninth place finish at The Doc Gimmler held on the Bethpage State Park Red Course.
The Red Storm shot 293 (+13) in the final round to finish with a team score of 884 (+44).
Seung Yub Baek was the top golfer for the Johnnies in his first career tournament. The Arcadia, Calif. native carded a 215 (+5) to tie for 27th place. Troy Evans (Barre, Vt.) did exactly what coach Mal Galletta wanted to see from his team, continue develop as the tournament progressed. The freshman saw a one stroke improvement each round, finishing the tournament tied for 29th with a total score of 216 (+6).
Following back-to-back rounds of 80 (+10) on Saturday, Jonathan Spicci came out on fire to begin the final round. The freshman from Ridgefield High School shot eight strokes better on the day to register a 72 (+2) and finish at 232 (+22).
Junior Giuseppe Truglio (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) and freshman Matthew Sweeney posted an identical 229 (+19) in the first event of the fall.
Field Results
The field consisted of nine teams: Colgate, Columbia, Harvard, IUPUI, Johnson & Wales (Fla.), St. John's, St. Thomas Aquinas, U.S. Military Academy and Yale.
Yale captured its third straight Doc Gimmler title on Sunday, finishing 13 strokes better than second place Johnson & Wales (Fla.) with a final score of 825 (-15).
About Doc Gimmler
In 2013, St. John's renamed the event from The McLaughlin to The Doc Gimmler to honor former Red Storm golf coach Jack "Doc" Gimmler. Gimmler came to St. John's in 1945 and helped lead the baseball team to the school's first College World Series in 1949.
After graduating, Gimmler went on to become the head athletic trainer for St. John's before taking over as the head coach of the men's golf team and Associate Director of Athletics.
"The fact that I am leading my alma mater and being able to host this event in Doc's name is truly special for me," Galletta said. Leading the Red Storm, Gimmler directed his team to the inaugural BIG EAST league title in 1979, winning nine championships over the first 11 years of the league, and finished either first or second in the BIG EAST in all but one season between 1979 and 1990. The long time coach also led St. John's to 10 Metropolitan championships and five NCAA Tournament appearances in his tenure. Gimmler passed away in 1996 but will forever be remembered for his impact on collegiate golf, collegiate athletics, and St. John's over his more than four decades of service.
About Bethpage State Park Golf Course
The Doc Gimmler featureed play on the Red Course at the Bethpage State Park Golf Course, a 7,014 yard, par-70 spread that opened in 1933 in Farmingdale, N.Y. Bethpage includes another layout, the Black Course, which served as the home to the 2002 & 2009 U.S. Open as well as the 2012 Barclay's.
Coming Up Next
The Red Storm will enjoy some time off before traveling to Erin, Wis. Oct. 4-6 to compete at the Erin Hills Intercollegiate hosted by BIG EAST foe Marquette.
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