2017 Dutch Darts Masters

2017 Dutch Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates 1-3 September
Venue MECC Eventcentre
Location Maastricht
Country  Netherlands
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Prize fund £135,000
Winners share £25,000
«Event 8 Event 10»

The 2017 Dutch Darts Masters is the ninth of twelve European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament will take place at MECC Eventcentre, Maastricht, Netherlands, between 1-3 September. It will feature a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael van Gerwen is the defending champion after defeating Daryl Gurney 6–2 in the final of the 2016 tournament.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £25,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £6,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £4,000
Third round losers (8) £3,000
Second round losers (16) £2,000
First round losers (16) £1,000
Total £135,000

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 30 June automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from five qualifying events - 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 7 July), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 31 August), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 31 August), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 19 May) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 25 August).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

  First round
1 September		 Second round
2 September		 Third round
3 September		 Quarter-finals
3 September		 Semi-finals
3 September		 Final
3 September
                                                         
    1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen  
     
   
   
16 England Mervyn King
     
   
   
    8 Netherlands Benito van de Pas  
     
 
   
9 Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney
     
   
   
    5 England Michael Smith  
     
 
   
12 England Joe Cullen
     
 
   
    4 Australia Simon Whitlock  
     
 
   
13 Spain Cristo Reyes
     
    2 Scotland Peter Wright  
     
   
   
15 England Rob Cross
     
   
   
    7 Belgium Kim Huybrechts  
     
 
   
10 Netherlands Jelle Klaasen
     
 
   
    6 England Ian White  
     
 
   
11 England Alan Norris
     
 
   
    3 Austria Mensur Suljović  
     
 
   
14 Wales Gerwyn Price
     

References

  1. ↑ "Dutch Darts Masters Entries Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "ET9 UK Qualifier Updates". PDC. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Brian. "Qualification ET 7, ET 8, ET 9". PDC Nordic. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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