When not practicing or playing golf, Chen has few amusements to entertain himself, which prompts him to frequently phone up his family and friends in Taiwan, sometimes waking them up in the dead of night.
赴美比賽後，陳志忠天天在機場、球場、旅館間來回奔波，鮮有閒暇。異鄉單身生活難免孤單寂寞，他在苦悶時的排遣之道是打越洋電話給老同學吐吐苦水、話話家常，經常在台灣時間半夜三、四點，挖起睡眼惺忪的哥兒們。