Chen Tze-chung
| Chen Tze-chung 陳志忠 |
|
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 24 June 1958 |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) |
| Nationality |
 Taiwan
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| Residence | Taipei |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1980 |
| Former tour(s) |
Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 16 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 1 |
| Japan Golf Tour | 6 |
| Other | 9 |
| Best results in major championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | T12: 1987 |
| U.S. Open | T2: 1985 |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 1987 |
| PGA Championship | T23: 1985 |
Chen Tze-chung (陳志忠; pinyin: Chén Zhìzhōng) (born 24 June 1958) is a Taiwanese professional golfer. In the U.S., he is often referred to as T.C. Chen. His older brother, Chen Tze-ming, is also a professional golfer. In 1982, T.C. Chen became the first professional golfer from Taiwan to earn a PGA Tour card. He played a total of 132 tournaments on the PGA Tour, making the cut in 78, with 13 top-ten finishes, and over $633,000 in total earnings.
At the 1985 U.S. Open, he scored the first double eagle in U.S. Open history and tied the record low scores for the championship at that time after 36 holes (134) and 54 holes (203), but he fell away in the final round and finished tied for second, one shot behind Andy North. His fourth round included a quadruple-bogey eight that featured a chip shot that he hit twice in one swing, and became part of the history of disastrous shots in the final round of a major. As a result of this shot, he is sometimes referred to as "Two Chip" Chen.
Chen finished second twice in his career, at the 1983 Kemper Open, where he lost a five-man playoff to Fred Couples, and the 1985 U.S. Open. He played on the PGA Tour for 10 years, having his best year in 1987, when he finished 51st in earnings, 12th at the Masters, and won the 1987 Los Angeles Open. He would return to Asia in 1990, played extensively on the Japan Golf Tour, where he won six tournaments, and also appeared occasionally on the European Tour. He last played on the PGA Tour in 1997, returning to the U.S. to play in the Los Angeles Open. He played the 2008 Senior British Open on the Champions Tour and again returned to the United States for the 2012 U.S. Senior Open where he made the cut and finished 56th.
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