Chen Tze-chung


Chen Tze-chung 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 and 54 holes, 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.

Professional wins (15)

PGA Tour wins (1)

PGA Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11983Kemper Open Fred Couples, Barry Jaeckel,
Gil Morgan, Scott Simpson		Couples won with birdie on second extra hole
Jaeckel eliminated with par on first hole
21987Los Angeles Open Ben CrenshawWon with par on first extra hole

Japan Golf Tour wins (6)

Japan Golf Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11981KBC Augusta Hsieh Min-Nan, Nobumitsu YuharaHsieh won with birdie on second extra hole
21984Bridgestone Tournament Yoshihisa Iwashita, Masahiro Kuramoto,
Sam Torrance		Kuramoto won with eagle on first extra hole
31992Jun Classic Masashi OzakiWon with par on third extra hole
41993Maruman Open Frankie MiñozaLost to birdie on second extra hole
51993Daiwa KBC Augusta Lin Chie-hsiangWon with birdie on second extra hole

Asia Golf Circuit wins (2)

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

Amateur
Professional