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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ChApter 1 – Cornhole plAying equipment (BoArds And BAgs)
1.1
Certified Cornhole Equipment
1.2
Approved Cornhole Equipment
ChApter 2 – Cornhole Court lAyout
2.1
Cornhole Court Layout
2.2
Cornhole Court Preparation & Maintenance
ChApter 3 – Cornhole sCoring
3.1
Length of the Game
3.2
Cornhole Scoring – Bag Terms
3.3
Designated Foul Bags
3.4
Methods of Scoring
3.5
Recording the Score
ChApter 4 – plAy of the Cornhole gAme
4.1
Brief Overview of Singles & Doubles Play
4.2
Pitching Rotation, Lane Assignments, & Bag Color
4.3
Pitching Cornhole Bags
4.4
Other General Rules
ChApter 5 –plAyer ConduCt
5.1
Player Conduct
ChApter 6 – ACo tournAment plAy
6.1
What are the different types of ACO Tournaments?
6.2
What is the ACO Masters Series?
6.3
What are the benefits of a player participating in an ACO Masters Series?
6.4
Where do I compete to earn points?
6.5
What is an ACO Invitational?
6.6
What is an ACO Qualifier?
6.7
How do I schedule an ACO Event?
ChApter 7 – ACo rAnking And AwArds
7.1
What are ACO World Singles Rankings?
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CHAPTER 1
CORNHOLE PLAyING EqUIPMENT
The ACO recognizes two types of equipment:
ACO Certified and ACO Approved.
1.1 ACo Certified equipment
Unless otherwise noted in advance, ACO Certified
Equipment will be used at all ACO Major tournaments
during ACO Season XII (September 2016-May 2017)
and at the ACO World Championships of Cornhole XII.
At this time, ACO Certified equipment
is limited tO:
• ACO 0153 “Star Logo” Tournaments Series Boards
• ACO 01531 Blank Tournaments Series Boards
• ACO-PRO 450 Bags
ACO Certified boards and bags can be found at
AmericanCornhole.com
1.2 ACo Approved equipment
Not limited to ACO branded equipment – In order
to be classified as ACO Approved, equipment must
comply with the criteria below. ACO Approved