T. C. Chen, 1985 U.S. Open at Oakland Hills (Golf)

After shooting 65-69-69, Taiwan’s Tze-Chung Chen carried a two-stroke lead into the final round and boosted it to four by the time he reached the par-4 No. 5. After a good drive, he pushed a 4-iron into the trees and then hit his third shot into thick greenside rough. He took a sand wedge for the short chip, but the ball popped straight up and the club head somehow hit it again in midair, sending it sideways and costing him a penalty stroke. Unnerved by the double hit, he chipped onto the green and then two-putted for a quadruple-bogey 8. He bogied the next three holes, losing the title to Andy North by a single stroke and earning the ignominious nickname “Two Chips” Chen.

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