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Disc Golf Pro Tour VideosMarch 21, 2018

Ricky Wysocki: Pro Files with Dixon Jowers

Ricky Wysocki opens up about his growth as a disc golf pro in this intimate Q&A session with Dixon Jowers. From his early days on the junior circuit to his recent victories at major tournaments like the Match Play Champions, Ricky shares his story of overcoming expectations and stereotypes. Dixon, a close friend and fellow pro, presses Ricky for the real him - beyond the icy exterior and into the goofy, laid-back individual he reveals when not competing. They discuss everything from post-tournament celebrations to Ricky's unexpected hobby: playing cornhole while ice skating. The conversation also touches on Ricky's early days as a baseball player and his decision to pursue disc golf instead. With Dixon's witty banter and Ricky's candid insights, this video offers a rare glimpse into the life of one of disc golf's most talented players.

Watch Ricky Wysocki share his expertise with host Dixon Jowers in this exclusive interview. Learn from a PDGA Champion's top tips & strategies.

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Video Transcript

you know we've all seen the story of Ricky over the last several years right you know you were you want you want to M worlds right junior-m worlds and you've kind of been coming up on the scene I don't know if you remember you beat me at the match play champions great now it's like guy he's a kid I'm gonna kick his butt okay so you know I'm not bitter anything your tires might be slashed is all I'm saying you know so we kind of seen the growth over the last over the last several years and everybody's kind of got this picture in their head of who Ricky is you know this kind of cold blooded ice in his veins but even right now you're smiling like I know you to be not that guy off the course so what's what's the real Ricky is it is it the ice blooded guy is it the goofy guy who's the real Ricky there's two sides to me and as you just said there's the start of the tournament it's all serious all focused and then you know Monday come Monday then it's all smiles so I can be both all right it's either for me it's all see they're all smiles are all folk as you said you know once Monday comes your different guys so what what are you what are you doing the if we took discs off out of your life what do you what would you spend your time doing cornhole ice skating I do it all have you ever played cornhole while ice skating okay so you were you didn't just play baseball I mean like you were pretty far into baseball right and looking at maybe doing like college career playing baseball right yeah yeah I've always you know in high school actually is where I kind of took a break you know I was basically I made it I made the decision whether I wanted to put all my eggs in baseball or all my eggs in disc golf and in high school I chose I decided to choose baseball it's a funny story actually my dad forced me to try out I didn't want to because I was into getting heavy in the disc golf at the time and so I actually ended up going to try out...

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