If you really love playing Cornhole and you want to get together with a lot of friends and relatives – or just with people who also enjoy the game – you could organize a tournament. This isn't as hard as it sounds, but it does take some work. You have to know what you need, and what everyone else is going to require. You also have to decide what kind of prizes you're going to offer and whether you want to have a cash prize. How much you want to charge for people to participate in the tournament is also an important issue. If it's too much, you won't have anyone interested in taking part. If it's too little, you won't have any money with which to purchase the trophies or the prizes. You certainly don't want to pay for them yourself. The best way to organize a Cornhole tournament is to first find out how much local interest there is in your area. If there aren't enough players in the immediate vicinity you might not be able to have a tournament. That all depends on how far people are actually willing to drive. If they won't drive very far, it's not a good idea to try to convince them to, unless the prize is something that's really worth winning.

Some Cornhole tournaments don't even really have much in the way of prizes. Instead, they just rely on the idea that people will enjoy the competition and that will be prize enough. Once you've discovered that you have enough interested people for a Cornhole tournament, you have to determine prizes, cost to enter, and a date and time. Try to pick a time of year when it's not terribly hot outside or freezing cold. If you have access to a big enough indoor space for the tournament this is less of an issue, but it should still be a consideration. Even if they can play indoors, out of the elements, a lot of people won't be that interested in coming out if the weather is very bad. This is also true for weekends when there are a lot of other things going on and for times when people would generally be working or doing something else. For example, you won't want to hold your tournament on a Wednesday afternoon. Too many people have to work and they wouldn't be able to attend.

You'll also need to decide whether this will be a tournament for adults only. If you allow children, what is the cut-off age and what age groups will people be put into. It would not be fair to put a 10 year old against a 70 year old. Making sure you have a lot of Cornhole boards is also vital, because you don't want people standing around waiting to play. You want a lot of games going on at one time. You shouldn't have to buy all the Cornhole sets, though. A lot of the players will be able to donate them for the day, and if there is a Cornhole group in your area, they should be able to help you organize the tournament and provide some boards that you can use.