The recreational game of cornhole wouldn’t seem to have any characteristics that would give men an inherent advantage. Yet no woman ever has won a championship in the nine-year-old American Cornhole League’s gender-neutral pro singles division. Cheyenne Bubenheim wants to change that.
The 23-year-old Floridian and new mother is one of four semifinalists competing Saturday in open to men and women in the Milwaukee suburb of New Berlin, Wisconsin. “This is the ultimate goal for me,” Bubenheim said. “It would mean absolutely everything to me.
” Bubenheim has accomplished plenty since turning pro five years ago in a pastime known best as a popular recreational outlet at tailgates and parties. calls for players to toss underhand four 6-by-6-inch bags toward a board 27 feet away that includes a 6-inch hole. Players take turns tossing and aim to get each of their bags through the hole for points.
The game has exploded in popularity since the turn of the century, with recreational leagues cropping up across North America. With that interest, national groups have surfaced, such as the and the ACL, which launched in 2015. Some events are on ESPN and sponsors back both group and professional players like Bubenheim.
There is a in September. Bubenheim was about 15 when she started playing cornhole with family members and friends in Plant City, Florida. She kept on improving and turned pro in 2019.
She played well enough to put her residential cleaning business on the back burne.