Lucas Parsons

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Lucas Parsons
Personal information
Full nameLucas John Kendall Parsons
Born (1969-10-04) 4 October 1969 (age 54)
Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Career
Turned professional1992
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins9
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia4
Challenge Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open T40: 1996
The Open Championship T41: 2000

Lucas John Kendall Parsons (born 4 October 1969) is an Australian former professional golfer.

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Parsons was born in Orange, New South Wales. As an amateur, he won both the Australian and New Zealand Amateur Championships in 1991. [1] He turned professional the following year and joined the PGA Tour of Australasia.

Parsons won seven tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia, including the New Zealand Open in 1995. He played one unsuccessful season on the United States–based PGA Tour in 1996. [2] He also played for a time on the European Tour after graduating from the second tier Challenge Tour in 1999, having won two tournaments and finished 10th on the money list. His best season-end ranking on the European Tour Order of Merit was 37th in 2000, the year he won the Greg Norman Holden International, also a PGA Tour of Australasia event. He finished a career best 2nd on that tour's Order of Merit at the end of the 1999/2000 season.

MasterChef Australia

Having retired from tournament golf at the end of 2008, Parsons now runs a café in Randwick, New South Wales, and was a participant in the first season of the competitive cooking television show MasterChef Australia . [3] [4] He hoped to expand his business and open a restaurant. [4] He cooked a Singaporean Chili Crab dish which impressed the judges and helped him progress to the semi-finals. Parsons beat celebrity chef Ben O'Donoghue in the sixth Celebrity Chef Challenge to guarantee himself a place in the finals. He was the first finalist eliminated on 13 July 2009 followed by former competitor Julia Jenkins who also won a celebrity chef challenge. [3]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (9)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
16 Feb 2000 Greg Norman Holden International 1−19 (70-66-70-67=273)4 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Senior

1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
17 Nov 1993 Victorian Open −12 (72-69-65-70=276)3 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bradley Hughes
223 Oct 1994 Foodlink Queensland Open −6 (66-72-75-69=282)2 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Campbell
315 Jan 1995 AMP Air New Zealand Open −6 (72-72-70-68=282)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Clayton
46 Feb 2000 Greg Norman Holden International 1−19 (70-66-70-67=273)4 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Senior

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1992 Air New Zealand Shell Open Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Nick Price Lost to par on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
130 May 1999 Challenge de Sablé −18 (67-67-73-63=270)4 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Kalle Brink
21 Aug 1999 Finnish Masters −16 (68-67-71-66=272)1 stroke Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Nørret

Other wins (3)

Results in major championships

Tournament19961997199819992000
U.S. Open T40
The Open Championship T41

Note: Parsons never played in the Masters Tournament or the PGA Championship.

  Did not play

"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2000
Match Play
Championship T45
Invitational
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Lucas John Kendall Parsons - Golf Champion". Orange City Council. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  2. ↑ "Shanks of a different kind for Parsons on another big stage". The Sydney Morning Herald . 26 April 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Lucas Parsons eliminated from MasterChef Australia". Herald Sun . 13 July 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  4. 1 2 "Lucas - Contestant". MasterChef Australia. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
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