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Bags For Brags 2022

Bags for Brags Texas Cornhole Tournament

Tournament Rules

The Tournament uses the Texas Cornhole League (TCL) rules and is limited to the first 100 teams that register.  

  • There are two brackets – Competitive and Backyard. Both brackets will have cash prizes.
  • A team may enter only one bracket.
  • This is a double elimination tournament, so when a team loses 2 games, they are eliminated from the competition.
  • Each contest is best Two out of Three, so the first team to win two games, wins the contest.

The Cornhole Bags:

 
  • Players are allowed to bring their own cornhole bags (TCL approved with marking), but all play will be on Bags 4 Brags supplied boards.
  • There will be 8 bags per contest, 4 of each color.
  • Each bag will be 6″ x 6″ and contain 1 pound of corn/resin.
  • The color of the bags thrown will be determined by the scoreboard color of the chosen side (blue or red).

The Coin Toss:

 

  • A coin toss will determine choice of side and 1st bag honors.
  • The loser of the Game 1 coin toss will choose side and 1st bag honors of Game 2.
  • If a Game 3 is necessary, a coin toss will determine choice of side and 1st bag honors for Game 3.

Game Play:

  • Partners will stand at opposite cornhole boxes on the same side and face each other.
  • Alternate throws between the two opponent players until all 8 cornhole bags have been thrown.
  • If a bag hits the floor and bounces up on the board, that bag will be removed from the board.
  • The team who scores is given the honor of first throw in the next round.
    • If both teams have the same score, the team that scored last will throw first.
  • The Game continues until one team reaches 21 or more points.

*Raking Cornhole Bags:  If bags become piled on the floor inside the cornhole board hole and may interfere or obstruct the next throw OR if there is a question whether a bag would have naturally fallen through the hole, a player may REQUEST to “rake” or remove the cornhole bags that have fallen inside the hole.  IMPORTANT:  ALL effort should be made to leave bags on the playing surface undisturbed during the “rake”.

Scoring:

 

  • The score will be taken AFTER all cornhole bags have been thrown for a round.
  • Points shall be given as follows:
    • 3 points are given for a cornhole bag that goes through the hole.
    • 1 point is given for a cornhole bag that is on the playing surface.
    • 1 point is given for a cornhole bag that is hanging in the hole.
    • 0 points for a cornhole bag that is touching the ground.
    • 0 points for a cornhole bag that is on the playing surface, but is resting on a bag that is on the ground.  UNLESS the bag on the ground can be removed without the resting bag falling or touching the ground.  Then 1 point is given.

Fouls:

 

  • A Foul occurs when:
    • A cornhole player’s foot goes past the Foot Foul Line.
    • A player goes out of turn.
  • The player who fouled loses the throw when the foul occurred and the bag will be removed from the playing surface if it landed.
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