| Lucas Parsons | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Lucas John Kendall Parsons |
| Born | 4 October 1969 Orange, New South Wales |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Nationality | Australia |
| Residence | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1992 |
| Retired | 2008 |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour PGA Tour of Australasia |
| Professional wins | 9 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 1 |
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 7 |
| Challenge Tour | 2 |
| Best results in Major Championships |
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| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | T40: 1996 |
| The Open Championship | T41: 2000 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
Lucas John Kendall Parsons (born 4 October 1969) is an Australian 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.
Having retired from tournament golf at the end of 2008, Parsons now runs a café in Randwick, New South Wales and was a finalist in the first season of the competitive cooking television show MasterChef Australia.[3][4]
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 Feb 2000 | Greg Norman Holden International (co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia) |
-19 (70–66–70–67=273) | 4 strokes | Peter Senior |
| 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 | Kalle Brink |
| 2 | 1 Aug 1999 | Finnish Masters | -16 (68-67-71-66=272) | 1 stroke | Thomas Nørret |
| Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | T40 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T41 |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
After opening up a small cafe in Sydney (T's Book Cafe in Randwick), Parsons went on to compete in the competitive cooking show MasterChef Australia in the hope of expanding his business and opening 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.[3]
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