ACO Pro Series

Overview

Dates & Times

The ACO-PRO Series will take place at 10 ACO Majors during Season 18 (approx. 1 per month).

Registered ACO-PRO players will participate in Round 1, from 9am – 12pm on Friday of the Major.

Player Eligibility

All players recognized as ACO-PRO players will be invited to participate for FREE.

Note: Players will still be eligible to participate in Womens, Juniors, Seniors, and/or Blind Draw

Format

Round 1 will consist of players participating in ACO Frame Games scored by an ACO Official. The 16 players with the best Frame Games scores will advance to the ACO-PRO Series Championship Bracket at 5pm on Friday. 

Round 1 of the Championship Bracket will be 1 game single elimination. Quarter Finals, Semi Final, and Championship Finals will be best 2 of 3 single elimination.

Live Streaming

Select Quarters finals matches, both Semi Finals, and the Championship Finals will be streamed live to a top-level service.

ACO-PRO Series Standings

ACO-PRO Series Standings are a separate from World Singles Standings and are comprised of 2 elements:

1. ) The player’s best ACO Frame Game SCR

Each time a player improves on their ACO Frame Game, that new score will be used in the Standings. All players earn their Frame Game SCR regardless of advancing to the Championship Bracket or not.

2.) The player’s Total Points of their 4 best ACO-PRO Series finishes in the Championship Brackets.

See Points Scale below. Once a player advances into their 5th Championship Bracket, their lowest score will be dropped, etc.

Points Scale (Championship Brackets)
1st Place = 50 pts
2nd Place = 40 pts
Top 4 tie = 30 pts
Top 8 tie = 20 pts
Top 16 tie = 10 pts

ACO-PRO Series Player Guidelines

All ACO-PRO players who would like to participate in an ACO-PRO Series must register by Sunday, two weeks in advance of the event.

Jerseys

Players who agree to wear an ACO Pro Jersey throughout the event (Qualifier and Championship Bracket) will participate for FREE.

Players who would like to wear a sponsored jersey of their choice will pay a $200 entry fee.

Sponsored jerseys can not have logos of other national cornhole brands.

Sponsored jerseys must have an 4×4 inch ACO Shield logo as the sole artwork on the right sleeve. The ACO will provide ACO logo artwork files upon request.

From this Season’s ACO-PRO Series Tournaments

These ACO-PROs are eligible to compete in the ACO Pro Series