Gore and Aiken capture Fort Worth Signature Open Pro Doubles A title

Jackson Gore and Zack Aiken turned the Fort Worth Signature Open Pro Doubles A bracket into a statement run, opening with a 21-0 shutout and finishing with a 24-22 title-game win over David Morse and Ethan Walker. The bracket stack showed a pair that was sharp from the first round and still had to grind at the end, a mix that told the story of their championship better than any single scoreline could.

Their first test set the tone immediately. Gore and Aiken blanked Katie Matthews and Dennie Vaughn 21-0, the kind of start that forces a bracket field to notice right away. That margin did more than move them forward. It signaled that Gore and Aiken were dictating pace, forcing opponents into catch-up mode before the match could settle.

The pressure did not let up in the next round, where Gore and Aiken beat Tony Smith and Mark Richards 24-17. That win carried more weight than a routine advance because Smith and Richards bring the sort of veteran presence that can change a bracket if they find rhythm early. Gore and Aiken denied that opening and kept their path clean.

The bracket stack showed the duo still building momentum in later rounds, including a 41-point performance against Lucas Piper and Bo Graff and another round in which they reached 53 points. That progression mattered because it showed a team that was not just surviving close calls. Gore and Aiken were stacking productive rounds while the field around them thinned.

The final brought the tightest margin of the run. Against Morse and Walker, Game 1 ended 24-22 in favor of Gore and Aiken, a score that confirmed the title was earned under pressure rather than handed over by a runaway bracket. With the championship secured, their route through Fort Worth stood out for its balance of early dominance and late execution.

The field around them was deep, with recognizable pro doubles teams including Cody Henderson and Justin Reul, Adam Hissner and Trey Burchfield, Ryan Smith and Jayden Ellis, and Jamie Graham and Jacob Trzcienski. Gore and Aiken had to navigate that kind of stack at the ACL Fort Worth Signature Open, held at Will Rogers Memorial Center, 3401 W Lancaster Ave., Fort Worth, Texas 76107, with the Pro Doubles A event listed for Friday, June 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET. In a sport governed by the American Cornhole League, the run showed why one hot bracket can still demand both precision and composure from start to finish.