Lucas Parsons

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

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. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 6 Feb 2000 Greg Norman Holden International1 −19 (70-66-70-67=273) 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Peter Senior

1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 7 Nov 1993 Victorian Open −12 (72-69-65-70=276) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Bradley Hughes
2 23 Oct 1994 Foodlink Queensland Open −6 (66-72-75-69=282) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Michael Campbell
3 15 Jan 1995 AMP Air New Zealand Open −6 (72-72-70-68=282) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Mike Clayton
4 6 Feb 2000 Greg Norman Holden International1 −19 (70-66-70-67=273) 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Peter Senior

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1992 Air New Zealand Shell Open Template:Flagicon Nick Price Lost to par on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 30 May 1999 Challenge de Sablé −18 (67-67-73-63=270) 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Kalle Brink
2 1 Aug 1999 Finnish Masters −16 (68-67-71-66=272) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Thomas Nørret

Other wins (3)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
U.S. Open T40
The Open Championship T41

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

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Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2000
Match Play
Championship T45
Invitational

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Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

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External links

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