Player Eligibility & Schedule

Eligibility

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

Schedule

• The ACO-PRO Series will take place at a minimum of five ACO Majors during ACO Season 19. Approximately one (1) every other month. Locations TBA by August 7, 2023
• All ACO-PRO players who would like to participate in an ACO-PRO Series must be registered 2 Sundays (11 days) prior to the event by 11:59pm EST

Qualifying Round
(Frame Games)

• All registered ACO-PRO players will be assigned a Friday start time to play an ACO Frame Game.
  Note: Players will still be eligible to participate in Womens, Juniors, Seniors, and/or Blind Draw.
• All ACO Frame Games will be scored by an ACO Official.
• The players with the best sixteen (16) ACO Frame Games will advance to the ACO-PRO Series Championship Skins Bracket on Friday afternoon.

Jerseys

• Players who wear an ACO Season 19 Pro Jersey (Red, Black, or Blue) throughout the event (Qualifier and Championship Bracket) will participate for FREE
• Players who wear an ACO “Sponsor” Jersey throughout the event (Qualifier and Championship Bracket) will participate for FREE
• Players/sponsors may purchase an ACO Sponsor Jersey through the ACO which will provide space for up to three (3) sponsor logos of their choice ($750)
• Players who would like to wear a sponsored jersey of their choice will pay $200 entry fee
• Player can wear any sponsor collared jersey (needs to be same style as ACO pro jersey but can be printed with any sponsor logos – must have a 4” ACO Shield logo ONLY on the right sleeve – MUST be approved)
• NOTE: Sponsored jerseys cannot have logos of other National cornhole brands

Championship Seeding

• The sixteen (16) players who advance from the Qualifying Round will be seeded according to their Frame Game score and placed into a single elimination Championship bracket

Championship Format

• Each game is worth a total of thirteen (13) “Skins”.
• Each Frame of a game is equal to one (1) Skin.
• A player earns a Skin by outscoring their opponent during the given Frame. It doesn’t matter if they are outscored by 10 points or 1 point, the result is winning one (1) Skin.
• Each Skin is set to a dollar value (TBD).
• If the Frame is a push, then that Skin carries over to the next Frame, making that Frame now worth two (2) Skins.
• Once one player wins seven (7) Skins, the game is immediately over. That player is the declared winner and advances to the next round of the bracket.
• All remaining Skins of the original 13 will be awarded to the winner.
• An ACO Official will score all games, keep track of Skins earned and inform players of the value of upcoming Frames.

Championship Payout

• Each Skin is set to a dollar value (TBD)
• Example based on a skin value of $50:
  • Player 1 wins the game by a score of 7 Skins to their opponent’s 2 Skins.
  • The remaining 4 Skins will be added to the winner’s total, equaling 11 Skins
  • Player 1 will earn $550 for the game and Player 2 will earn $100 for the game.
• All Skins will accumulate during all games in bracket play, and each player will be paid according to the number of Skins earned during the entirety of the tournament.