"Matt Guy has a sponsor who pays some of his way, and that helps him to make a little money...Otherwise, you're trying to win enough to cover expenses. You play now because you love it. But you never know where it might go."
Guy has already shown what can happen. He signed a deal with the trading card company Topps, and his player card was released this summer.
They're talking about cornhole. Like anything else, you have to play consistently if you expect to be any good. Even at the so-called "pro" level of cornhole, you'd be wise not to quit your day job. There isn't any real money in the sport--yet. There seems to be a common theme here with cornhole and pocket billiards, at least in America, but I'm not sure they play cornhole anywhere else in the world besides America. :grin:
For all those frustrated pool players, Eric Hinerman of the cornhole organization said the game of cornhole is a perfect match for former horseshoe players, bowlers, billiards, and darts hotshots, and slow pitch softball pitchers. :grin:
Cornhole has been around a long time. Its premise is simple: Throw a 1-pound duck-cloth bag filled with feed corn onto a board 27 feet away. There are four bags in a frame. A bag that lands on the board is called a woodie and is worth one point. One that goes into the hole on the board is called a cornhole and is worth three.
In tournaments, the player who gets the most points in a frame earns the difference toward his total. Example: If you get 10 points and your opponent gets seven, you get three toward your total score. The first player or team to 21 wins.
In 2005, the American Cornhole Organization was founded in Ohio, and the big-time competitive version of the game was born.
The organization holds a national championship, the King of Cornhole, which has been won every year by Matt Guy of Kentucky. A top 10 professional horseshoe player for 18 years, Guy currently sits third in the world overall.
Read more about cornhole and its similarities to pool: The Man Who Would Be King [Retrieved 23 August 2011]
A small crowd has gathered at Wild Wing Cafe. Anticipation is high as Elvis strolls in.
There are no mutton chops. No big gold sunglasses. No rhinestone-studded jumpsuit. And this Elvis couldn't carry a tune if it had a handle. But even though his black T-shirt and jeans are not the stuff of a Las Vegas show, Elvis Orr is the big attraction.
It's cornhole night at the Greenbrier watering hole - the final tournament to crown a doubles team champ in one of the pub's three nine-week seasons.
Orr has the highest American Cornhole Organization Skill Challenge Rating in the country this year at 139
Elvis Orr, with his partner, lining up a cornhole shot in Chespeake, Virginia.
Guy has already shown what can happen. He signed a deal with the trading card company Topps, and his player card was released this summer.
They're talking about cornhole. Like anything else, you have to play consistently if you expect to be any good. Even at the so-called "pro" level of cornhole, you'd be wise not to quit your day job. There isn't any real money in the sport--yet. There seems to be a common theme here with cornhole and pocket billiards, at least in America, but I'm not sure they play cornhole anywhere else in the world besides America. :grin:
For all those frustrated pool players, Eric Hinerman of the cornhole organization said the game of cornhole is a perfect match for former horseshoe players, bowlers, billiards, and darts hotshots, and slow pitch softball pitchers. :grin:
Cornhole has been around a long time. Its premise is simple: Throw a 1-pound duck-cloth bag filled with feed corn onto a board 27 feet away. There are four bags in a frame. A bag that lands on the board is called a woodie and is worth one point. One that goes into the hole on the board is called a cornhole and is worth three.
In tournaments, the player who gets the most points in a frame earns the difference toward his total. Example: If you get 10 points and your opponent gets seven, you get three toward your total score. The first player or team to 21 wins.
In 2005, the American Cornhole Organization was founded in Ohio, and the big-time competitive version of the game was born.
The organization holds a national championship, the King of Cornhole, which has been won every year by Matt Guy of Kentucky. A top 10 professional horseshoe player for 18 years, Guy currently sits third in the world overall.
Read more about cornhole and its similarities to pool: The Man Who Would Be King [Retrieved 23 August 2011]
A small crowd has gathered at Wild Wing Cafe. Anticipation is high as Elvis strolls in.
There are no mutton chops. No big gold sunglasses. No rhinestone-studded jumpsuit. And this Elvis couldn't carry a tune if it had a handle. But even though his black T-shirt and jeans are not the stuff of a Las Vegas show, Elvis Orr is the big attraction.
It's cornhole night at the Greenbrier watering hole - the final tournament to crown a doubles team champ in one of the pub's three nine-week seasons.
Orr has the highest American Cornhole Organization Skill Challenge Rating in the country this year at 139
Elvis Orr, with his partner, lining up a cornhole shot in Chespeake, Virginia.
Apparently it is quite popular.
