ACL puts Fort Worth in spotlight for 2026 Signature Open weekend
Fort Worth will anchor ACL’s summer push with more than $100,000 on the line and Week 3 of Pro Teams folded into a three-day marquee stop.
Fort Worth will open the ACL’s summer stretch with the kind of payout and programming that signal a bigger business plan, not just another weekend bracket. The 2026 Fort Worth Signature Open is set for June 5-7 at Will Rogers Memorial Center, with more than $100,000 guaranteed in prizes and cash payouts and amateur Open divisions running all three days.
That mix matters. The ACL is not treating Fort Worth as a pro-only showcase, but as a full-spectrum event where amateurs and elite players are competing in the same competitive atmosphere. For players chasing points, payouts and momentum, the weekend offers a rare chance to stay in the same venue and the same spotlight as the sport’s top names while the ACL’s 2025-2026 Pro Tour moves through one of its six Signature Opens.
The pro slate gives Fort Worth even more weight. The ACL says the spotlight will shift to Week 3 of ACL Pro Teams competition during the event, turning the weekend into a checkpoint for roster chemistry and playoff positioning. Under the league’s current team rules, each roster carries six to 10 players, including two franchise players, and the season’s Signature Open winners earn automatic bids to the Pro Teams Playoffs at the World Championships. That makes every result in Fort Worth carry more than one layer of value.
ESPN’s watch schedule reinforces how central the stop is to the ACL’s broadcast push. Friday, June 5, will feature live coverage of the ACL Fort Worth Signature Open 2026 USA Forces and Pro Signature Doubles. Saturday’s slate includes Pro Signature Singles, the Pro Teams Bracket, Pro Doubles Final 4 and Pro Singles Final 4. On Sunday, June 7, ESPN lists the Pro Women’s, Senior, Junior Singles Final Bracket at 10 a.m. ET, putting the event’s final day in a premium viewing window.
The timing also places Fort Worth squarely in the middle of the sport’s defining summer run, ahead of stops in Tri-Cities, Mesa and Ottawa and before the ACL World Championships in Rock Hill, South Carolina, from July 27-August 2, 2026. For a league founded in 2015 by Stacey Moore, the Fort Worth weekend shows how far the ACL has pushed beyond local-event roots: a six-stop Signature Open series, a layered team format, and broadcasts reaching fans across ESPN, YouTube, TikTok and beyond. Fort Worth is not just on the calendar. It is helping set the tone for the season’s biggest stretch.
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