Richard Wysocki (born June 5, 1993, in Brunswick, Ohio) is an American professional disc golfer based in Fort Mill, South Carolina.Pro Worlds Notebook: Wysocki Family Matters; Lizotte's Literal Circus | Ultiworld Disc Golf Retrieved 2018-06-22. Wysocki grew up in Medina, Ohio, near Roscoe Ewing Disc Golf Course.
After winning the 2010 PDGA Amateur Disc Golf World Championship, Wysocki turned pro. He is a 2-time PDGA World Champion and, , was the second highest rated player in the world. On January 4, 2022, Wysocki signed a 4-year/$4 million contract with Dynamic Discs. Wysocki's contract pays him a base salary of $1 million a year with potential to reach $2 million per year depending on the amount of discs Dynamic Discs sells with Wysocki's name on it. Additionally, Wysocki's contract included a $250,000 signing bonus paid to Ricky in Bitcoin.
Professional wins (130 total)
Wysocki won the PDGA Rookie of the Year Award in 2011 and the Male Player of the Year Award in 2012, the only male player to win the two back-to-back. Wysocki won the PDGA-World Championship two times (2016-2017), defeating 6x World Champ Paul McBeth both times. Also in 2016, he won the PDGA National Tour Series, the Disc Golf World Tour Points series, and the Disc Golf Pro Tour points series.
Majors (6) YearTournamentStroke MarginWinning scoreRunner upPrize money2011The PDGA Championship -2 -50 (58-52-53-59-34=256)Nathan Doss$3,1002014Japan Open -3 -34 (60-51-51-55-52-31=300)Nikko Locastro$4,4102016PDGA Pro World Championships -6 -58 (47-48-51-56-52-28=282)Paul McBeth$10,0002016European Masters - Disc Golf World Tour -1 -24 (54-55-56=165)Paul McBeth$5,0012017Australian Open -1 -48 (57-48-58-49=212)Eagle McMahon$4,0002017PDGA Pro World Championship -8 -41 (60-55-55-59=229)Paul McBeth$12,000
National Tour/DGPT Elite (23) YearTournamentStroke MarginWinning scoreRunner upPrize money2012Brent Hambrick Memorial Open -6 -30 (72-49-65-28=214)Gregg Barsby$1,8002013Texas State Championships -10 -33 (65-59-62=186)Paul McBeth$1,6602013Disc Golf Hall of Fame Classic -4 -44 (53-62-55-58=228)Nikko Locastro$2,7002013Great Lakes Open -9 -32 (51-50-53=154)Garrett Gurthie$3,0002014Texas State Championships -8 -28 (55-56-62=173)Simon Lizotte$1,7822014Fort Steilacoom Open -4 -40 (49-49-47-45-29=219)Will Schusterick$1,8002015Vibram Maple Hill Open -3 -26 (51-54-52-57=214)Gregg Barsby$3,7002016Kansas City Wide Open -7 -27 (52-52-56=160)Benjamin Wiggins$2,5252016Masters Cup -1 -25 (66-61-51=178)Paul McBeth$3,0002016Beaver State Fling -3 -33 (54-50-53-54=211)Philo Brathwaite$3,7502017Gentlemen's Club Challenge -2 -33 (48-51-49-54=202)Paul McBeth$3,0002017Beaver State Fling 0 (Playoff) -28 (52-60-50-54=202)Paul McBeth$4,0002018Jonesboro Open -4 -32 (52-54-54=160)Garrett Gurthie$3,0002018Santa Cruz Masters Cup -2 -20 (62-68-54=184)Joshua Anthon$4,0002018Utah Open -4 -25(49-56-44=149)Eagle McMahon$4,0402020Ledgestone Insurance Open -8 -35 (58-55-55-51=219)Paul McBeth$6,0002021Texas State Disc Golf Championship -4 -28 (55-52-51=158)Matthew Orum$5,0002021Jonesboro Open -4 -35 (51-53-53=157)Calvin Heimburg$6,0002021Preserve Championship -1 -35 (50-56-54=160)Eagle McMahon$7,2502021Ledgestone Insurance Open 0 (Tie) -17 (54-61-67=182) Calvin Heimburg$8,2502022Texas State Disc Golf Championship -1 -29 (55-52-53=160)Calvin Heimburg$8,0002022Dynamic Discs Open -6 -10 (62-60-68-60=250) Simon Lizotte$8,6002022Discraft Ledgestone Open -4 -26 (57-61-62-56=236) Paul McBeth$10,0002022Discraft's Green Mountain Championship -3 -34 (52-52-50-60=214) Matthew Orum$12,0002022Tour Championship presented by Barbasol N/A N/A Isaac Robinson$35,0002023Preserve Championship presented by Prodigy -5 -37 Cole Redalen, Calvin Hiemburg$8,0002023Disc Golf Pro Tour Championship presented by Barbasol -1 -15 Kyle Klein$40,000 National Tour/DGPT Elite Wins: 25
Summary
Competition TierWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-25Events*World Championships 2 4 0 7 10 10Majors 4 3 3 19 22 24National Tour 18 19 6 53 76 79 *As of May 2022
Annual statistics Year Events Wins Top 3 Earnings $ / Event Rating† WorldRanking†2009 142 8 $0 $40 969 -2010 33 6 16 $3,683 $111.61 1003702011 44 15 26 $17,529 $398.39 1021162012 41 15 31 $36,457 $889.20 104122013 34 18 24 $31,755 $933.97 104742014 35 14 28 $41,406 $1,183.03 104262015 22 5 13 $33,065 $1,502.95 104322016 23 13 20 $56,923 $2,474.91 104812017 29 14 24 $79,348 $2,736.14 105022018 26 7 14 $46,415 $1,785.19 104522019 22 4 14 $40,581 $1,844.59 104922020 16 5 10 $32,086 $2,005.38 105422021 25 6 14 $79,929 $3,197.16 105412022 20 6 10 $105,776 $6,819.30 104712023 19 4 5 $83,776 $4,409.26 104742024 23 3 13 $128,090 $5,569.13 10542Career 383 125 252 $824,974.76 $1,941.12 - -
*As of Jan 2025
†At Year End
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