Cornhole Playing Field
Singles or Doubles Play
The game can be played as singles or doubles. In singles play, the players pitch their bags from the same end of the board. In doubles play, one player from each team pitches from one end of the board and the other two players from opposing teams pitch from the other side. All other rules are basically the same for singles and doubles play.
Pitching
- Each player will play with (4) cornhole bags
- Players must pitch the bags with an under-hand release
- Player’s feet must remain within the pitcher’s box at the time of releasing the bag
- Players take turns pitching their bags (one player at a time) until each player has pitched all (4) bags
Scoring
- Woody – Any cornhole bag that has been pitched and lands on the board. Each Woody is worth 1 point.
- Cornhole – Any cornhole bag that has been pitched and lands inside the hole. Each Cornhole is worth 3 points.
- Knocker – Any cornhole bag can be knocked in the hole or off the board by either the same player or the opposing player resulting in 3 points or zero points respectively.
- Dirty Bags – Any cornhole bag that touched the ground at any time. If the bag touched the ground before landing on the board, no point is recorded and the bag is removed from the board immediately.
- Foul – Any cornhole bag that has been pitched in rules violation, i.e. pitching with feet outside of the pitchers box (foul line), pitching over hand, or pitching out of turn.
Cancellation Scoring
In cancellation scoring, the points of one player cancel the points of the other player. In this method of scoring, only one player/team can score in an inning.
Honors
The team that scored points in the previous inning has the honor of pitching first in the next inning. If no score was made then the player/team who pitched first in the previous round shall retain first pitch in the next inning.
Play to 21
Team points are added in each inning to add to the team’s total score. The game is played until one player/team reaches the score of 21 points or more. The winning team does not need to win by two or more points. However, the game cannot end in the middle of an inning. So if a team pitches and reaches or exceeds 21 points, the other team is allowed to pitch all of their bags until the inning is completed.