Chen lost the 85th U.S. Open Golf Tournament on the last round, but one reporter noted that though Chen lost the tournament, he certainly had won the hearts of the crowd and the television audience.
陳志忠，也就是國際傳播界慣稱的「T. C. Chen」，在第八十五屆美國高爾夫公開賽的最後關頭丟掉了冠軍，但是國際合眾社的報導卻說：「諾斯得到了冠軍和十萬三千美元獎金，而陳志忠贏得了現場及全美電視觀眾的激賞。」