Dylan Graham wins Amateur Crew Cup at Fort Worth Signature Open

Dylan Graham did not grind out the Amateur Crew Cup at the Fort Worth Signature Open so much as show the full range of what a title run can look like. He opened with control, rolled through the bracket with a 21-6 win over Kevin Kinney and a 22-0 shutout of Gavino Delgado, then added a 23-5 win over Alex Hawkins before the final round tightened into a two-game championship series.

That mix matters because the bracket was not a soft landing. The Amateur Crew Cup drew a deep field that included Bobby Williams, Tom Hawkins, Scotty Schwanbeck, Brandon Trischetti, Chase Williams, Casey Keith and Kinney, forcing players through a long elimination tree at the American Cornhole League's Fort Worth stop. Graham separated himself not just by surviving the bracket, but by controlling it with the kind of scoring margin that can change how opponents approach a match.

The most telling stretch came before the final, when Graham posted the 22-0 bagel against Delgado and then followed it with a 23-5 win over Hawkins. Those scores showed a player who was not merely hanging on to runs, but dictating them. In a format where momentum often swings on missed bags and small scoring windows, Graham kept the pace on his side and rarely gave up easy openings.

The championship series with Alex Hawkins brought a different level of pressure. Graham still finished it in two games, but the scores, 19-15 and 19-8, showed a more demanding closing stage than the earlier bracket rounds. Hawkins forced a tighter first game, yet Graham answered by widening the gap in the second and sealing the title with a finish that matched the authority he showed earlier in the day.

The win came during a weekend that gave amateurs a large platform inside one of the sport's biggest stages. The 2026 Fort Worth Signature Open ran June 5-7 at Will Rogers Memorial Center, with open divisions running all three days and more than $100,000 guaranteed in prizes and cash payouts across the event. That setting made Graham's result more than a bracket note. It placed his name inside a league showcase built to blend amateur competition with the bigger pro spotlight.

Will Rogers Memorial Center added its own scale to the moment. The 120-acre venue in Fort Worth's Cultural District has been part of the city's event landscape since 1936 and draws major annual traffic, giving the Amateur Crew Cup a stage that felt larger than a typical local bracket. Graham left Fort Worth with the title, but the more interesting question is whether this kind of run, part blowout and part test, marks him as a player ready to become a consistent name beyond the Amateur Crew Cup field.