2017 US Darts Masters

US Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates	14–15 July 2017
Venue	Tropicana Las Vegas
Location	Las Vegas
Country	United States
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs Final – best of 15 legs
Prize fund	£60,000
Winners share	£20,000
High checkout	156 Peter Wright
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen[1]
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The 2017 US Darts Masters was the inaugural staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, as a third entry in the 2017 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured eight North American players who faced eight PDC players, which was held at the Tropicana Las Vegas in Las Vegas, United States from 14–15 July. Michael van Gerwen is the defending champion, defeating Daryl Gurney 8–6 in the final to win his first title in Vegas.

Qualifiers

Adrian Lewis and Phil Taylor were both originally scheduled to take part but both withdrew. Lewis was replaced by Gerwyn Price, whilst Taylor was replaced by World Number six James Wade.^[2][3]

The eight seeded PDC players were:^[4]

1. Michael van Gerwen (Winner)
2. Gary Anderson (Semi-finals)
3. Peter Wright (Quarter-finals)
4. James Wade (First round)
5. Raymond van Barneveld (Quarter-finals)
6. Gerwyn Price (Semi-finals)
7. Daryl Gurney (Runner-up)
8. Max Hopp (First round)

The North American qualifier winners were:^[5]

• Chris White (First round)
• Willard Bruguier (First round)
• Dave Richardson (Quarter-finals)
• David Cameron (First round)

The top 4 North American Order of Merit qualifiers were:^[6]

• Jayson Barlow (First round)
• Dennis Sayre (First round)
• Shawn Brenneman (First round)
• Dawson Murschell (Quarter-finals)

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:^[7]

Draw

^[8]

	First round Best of 11 legs[9]					Quarter-finals Best of 15 legs[10]					Semi-finals Best of 15 legs[11]					Final Best of 15 legs[12]
	1	Michael van Gerwen 104.86	6
		Chris White 91.22	0
						1	Michael van Gerwen 95.70	8
							Dave Richardson 85.94	1
		Max Hopp 89.67	3
		Dave Richardson 92.01	6
											1	Michael van Gerwen 101.04	8
												Gerwyn Price 88.58	0
	4	James Wade 86.72	5
		Dawson Murschell 81.27	6
							Dawson Murschell 90.56	4
							Gerwyn Price 92.30	8
		Gerwyn Price 85.04	6
		Willard Bruguier 80.07	4
																1	Michael van Gerwen 101.35	8
																	Daryl Gurney 96.08	6
	2	Gary Anderson 102.48	6
		Jayson Barlow 78.72	0
						2	Gary Anderson 99.32	8
							Raymond van Barneveld 98.84	4
		Raymond van Barneveld 88.80	6
		David Cameron 85.64	3
											2	Gary Anderson 103.81	4
												Daryl Gurney 101.89	8
	3	Peter Wright 86.51	6
		Shawn Brenneman 85.92	3
						3	Peter Wright 97.28	7
							Daryl Gurney 97.81	8
		Daryl Gurney 98.58	6
		Dennis Sayre 83.20	2

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