Magic City Mega Bowl sponsored by Dynamic Discs

This is a 3-day event in and around the metro area of Birmingham, AL. Non-PDGA members will be required to ... more

This is a 3-day event in and around the metro area of Birmingham, AL.

Non-PDGA members will be required to pay a $10 fee for temporary membership.

$2000 Added cash to Pro Divisions

Huge player packs for all AM Divisions!

Dynamic Discs Trooper Backpack disc golf bag
Tournament branded water-resistant duffle bag/backpack
2 Tournament stamped discs
Tournament branded metal pint cup
Tournament Dri-fit shirt
and more!

ALL PLAYERS WILL PLAY 3 ROUNDS, ONE PER DAY WITH AN ASSIGNED TEE TIME.

Please review this information thoroughly and carefully. If you are not comfortable with the rules that will be in place, please request to drop from the event.

I have extended the cash refund date for Ams until this Friday 5/22/20 at 11:59 pm. I realize that this is information overload, but I am trying to answer as many questions as possible prior to the deadline passing. If you have specific questions that are not addressed in this information, please send me an email and I will respond accordingly.


DOWNLOAD THE MAGIC CITY MEGA BOWL APP - NOW AVAILABLE FOR IPHONE AND ANDROID!!! -

Hotel discount information is available in the app, and the tournament schedule will be added soon!


EVENT PARTICIPANT COVID-19 WAIVER: (full version)

"I understand that participation in this event carries with it risk of injury or death and I, on behalf of myself, my heirs, administrators, executors, and assigns expressly release, forever discharge, and hold harmless Magic City Mega Bowl, Ben Swam and the PDGA (the "Releasees") for all personal injury, loss, damage to property, or death in connection with my participation in this event. Further, I understand and acknowledge that there currently exists a global pandemic associated with the disease COVID-19, that I am participating in this event at my own risk, that any safety precautions designed to protect against the spread of COVID-19 undertaken by the Releasees does not guarantee I will not contract COVID-19, and that, the foregoing notwithstanding, it is my specific intent to affirm my foregoing release of the Releasees with respect to any personal injury, loss, damage to property, or death I may experience from COVID-19 in connection with my participation in this event."

Refund policy:

Amateur players - I have extended the cut off date for cash refund until May 22, 2020. This should allow everyone time to review this message and make a good decision about whether or not you are still interested in playing this event. After that date, you will receive the tournament player pack in lieu of cash unless your spot is filled by another player from the waitlist. If you are unable to pick up your player pack in Birmingham, the weekend of the tournament, there will be a charge to ship your player pack to you.

Professional players - Any refund after June 23rd will incur a $10.00 processing fee.


Payout Information:

Pro players - The added cash for this event is currently at $1800. I will continue to seek sponsorship money and will provide the largest payout possible.

Amateur players - The event will remain Trophy Only (no payouts for Ams) as it always has been.


First and foremost - We will be following all of the requirements laid out by the PDGA for Requirements and Best Practices for PDGA Sanctioned Play During COVID-19.

Those requirements and best practices include those listed below:

PDGA-Sanctioned Event Requirements
Event directors and all staff, players, spectators, etc. (event participants) must follow all government guidelines for the event’s location concerning conducting organized sporting events, including following any requirements for physical distancing (example: minimum two-meter [6 feet] physical distancing) upon arrival at the event and at all times prior to, during, and after their rounds at the event and in all event locations.
Event directors and participants must still follow all normal PDGA rules concerning competition, such as properly holing out, etc.
Anyone who has COVID-19, is exhibiting common symptoms of COVID-19, is ill, or is in direct contact with someone with COVID-19, must not participate and may be asked to leave the event.
Event directors and participants who willfully and repeatedly violate government guidelines may be subject to PDGA disciplinary action up to and including penalties for a Class A offense.

Staff and Participant Best Practices
Anyone who is in a high-risk category as noted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, or similar country-specific agencies should not participate.
Participants should not touch discs, bags, carts, or any other property belonging to another participant.
Participants should bring and control their own food and water for the entire day
If using a digital scorecard, the players in a group may agree on a single player to keep score electronically, or the digital scorecard should be virtually handed off to another player when it is their turn so they can use their own device whenever possible. Mobile devices should not be shared among players.
Equipment Best Practices
Players should consider uniquely marking their discs on both the top and the bottom of the discs, thereby helping to identify the owner of a disc without the need for someone to touch it to flip it over.
Players should clear their disc from a target before another player putts out. A player should not putt into a target that already has another disc within it.
Players should carefully remove their disc from a target and avoid touching any surface of the target while doing so.
Once a disc has contacted a target, players should consider sanitizing their disc prior to subsequent use or placing it into their bag. The process of sanitizing equipment by a player must be done in a timely manner and not violate normal Excessive Time requirements found in 802.03 of the Official Rules of Disc Golf.

Below are significant changes to this year's event compared to previous years:

No Tournament Central - There will be a small designated area for Staff and "next-to-tee" groups, but we will not have an area for gathering, hanging out, etc. Players will be asked to meet at the "next-to-tee" location no earlier than 10 minutes prior to their tee time.

No player pack pick-up event - Amateur players will pick up their player packs at a designated area on the first day of tournament play. This will be the ONLY time to get your player pack. Anyone who does not pick up their player pack on that day will incur shipping costs to have it sent to them at a later date. Player packs will not be "held" by event staff while you play.

Caddy Books/Handout- Caddy books will be electronic and will be delivered via email and the FB event page prior to the first day of tournament play. OB rules will be listed in the Magic City Mega Bowl App as well.

Practice/Warm-up areas - Designated practice and warm-up areas will be away from the starting hole of each course. These areas will be designated and included in the caddy book info prior to the first day of tournament play. I will attempt to have them as close to the course as possible but in some cases, they may be located in a completely different area.

Smaller card assignments - Most cards will be 3 players with as few 4's as possible. In some cases, this may mean that you play with players outside your division. We will follow all the PDGA guidelines regarding card assignments.

Caddies/Spectators - We will not allow caddies this year. Spectators will be asked to observe from a safe distance outside of the tee and/or fairway areas.

Scoring changes - We will be using digital scoring this year. Players may keep their own paper scorecard as well, but the card will not be provided and is not to be rotated among players. Only one player will keep the score for each group. Players are encouraged to keep their own scores as well for comparison. Spectators will not be allowed to keep the official score for a group.

Fly-mart - We will not have a traditional Fly-Mart as we have had in previous years. We will have options for players to be able to shop with our event vendors.

Saturday night player party - We will not have a player party this year.

Flex Start C-tiers - Smaller groups, digital scoring by 1 player, and bigger gaps between groups.

Awards - We will not have an awards ceremony. Trophies will be shipped to winners (at our expense) and Pro payouts will all be electronic payments.

Ace Pot - The Ace Pot will be paid electronically. If no aces are hit, we will do a raffle with all participants' names and split the pot between four winners. Those winners will be paid electronically, as well.



Mega Raffle - The raffle will be 100% virtual. Tickets can only be purchased through your registration before the event. We will do virtual drawings until all of the raffle items have been awarded. less