Lucas Parsons

{{short description|Australian professional golfer}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}}

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| fullname = Lucas John Kendall Parsons

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| birth_place = Orange, New South Wales, Australia

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| residence = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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| yearpro = 1992

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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.{{cite web |url=http://www.orange.nsw.gov.au/go/our-city/virtual-museums/sporting-hall-of-fame/golf/lucas-parsons |title=Lucas John Kendall Parsons - Golf Champion |publisher=Orange City Council |accessdate=2009-07-24 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080719192827/http://www.orange.nsw.gov.au/go/our-city/virtual-museums/sporting-hall-of-fame/golf/lucas-parsons |archivedate = 19 July 2008}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/golf/shanks-of-a-different-kind-for-parsons-on-another-big-stage/2009/04/25/1240606647115.html |title=Shanks of a different kind for Parsons on another big stage |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=26 April 2009 |accessdate=2009-07-24}} 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.