The 2017 Grand Slam of Darts, was the eleventh staging of the tournament, organised by the
Professional Darts Corporation
The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) is a professional darts organisation in the United Kingdom, established in 1992 when a group of leading players split from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to form what was initially called the Wor ...
. The event took place from 11–19 November 2017 at the
Wolverhampton Civic Hall,
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton () is a city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 to 263,700 in 2021. People from the city are called "Wulfrunians ...
,
England
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.
The tournament's defending champion was
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2014, 2 ...
, who won the tournament in
2016
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by defeating
James Wade
James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He became the youngest player to win a major PDC title, when he won the 2007 World Matchplay at th ...
16–8 in the final. He retained his title for a 3rd consecutive year by beating
Peter Wright 16–12 in this year's final.
Prize money
The prize fund for the Grand Slam was increased from £400,000 in 2016 to £450,000 in 2017, with the winner getting £110,000, as opposed to £100,000.
Qualifying
PDC qualifying tournaments
At most sixteen players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.
In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than sixteen players, the field of sixteen players is filled from the reserve lists. The first list consists of the winners from 2017 European Tour events, in which the winners shall be selected in Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.
Had there still been less than sixteen qualified players after the winners of European Tour events were added, the winners of
2017 Players Championships events would have been added, followed by the winners of qualifying tournaments for the
2017 UK Open.
As there are already 16 qualified players after the first two qualification methods, no player will qualify via Players Championships and UK Open qualifying events. This resulted in
Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis (born 21 January 1985) is an English professional darts player currently playing in the PDC. He is a two-time PDC World Darts Champion, winning in 2011 and 2012. He is nicknamed Jackpot, as he won a jackpot gambling in Las Vegas ...
missing the tournament for the first time.
PDC qualifying event
A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts will be filled by qualifiers from a PDC qualifier that took place in
Wigan
Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the north-east and Warrington ...
on 6 November.
These are the qualifiers:
*
James Wilson
*
Robbie Green
*
Joe Murnan
*
Alan Norris
*
Jeffrey de Zwaan
Jeffrey de Zwaan (born 26 March 1996) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
Career
De Zwaan progressed through to the last 16 of the 2014 World Masters, where he lost 3–0 to Glen ...
*
Darren Webster
Darren Michael Webster (born 10 June 1968) is an English darts player nicknamed Demolition Man.
Career
Webster won the 2005 Open Oust Nederland, beating Co Stompé in the final.
Originally nicknamed The Sniper, Webster reached the quarter-fina ...
*
Steve Lennon
Stephen Brendan Lennon (born 25 November 1993) is an Irish professional darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
Career
Lennon played county darts for Kilkenny and Kildare. Lennon has played professional dart ...
*
Stephen Bunting
Stephen Bunting (born 9 April 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Nicknamed The Bullet, Bunting won the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship and is a twice former Wor ...
BDO qualifying tournaments
BDO ranking qualifiers
The remaining five BDO representatives were the top five non-qualified players from the BDO Invitational Rankings at 30 September 2017.
The five qualifiers were confirmed on 10 October 2017, and were:
*
Mark McGeeney
Mark McGeeney (born 28 June 1972) is an English professional darts player from Coventry, Warwickshire. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
BDO
In August 2010, McGeeney won the Weoley Castle Open, beati ...
*
Jamie Hughes
*
Scott Mitchell
*
Ross Montgomery
Ross Montgomery (born 16 October 1962), nicknamed The Boss, is a Scottish professional darts player who played in World Darts Federation (WDF) tournaments and as of January 14th 2022 now plays on the Professional Darts Corporat ...
*
Cameron Menzies
Cameron Menzies (born 27 June 1989) is a Scottish darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
Career
BDO
Menzies first played darts on the BDO circuit in 2006, playing in the Gibraltar Open. However, he di ...
Pools
Draw
Group stage
''All group matches are best of nine legs''
''After three games, the top two in each group qualify for the knock-out stage''
NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; Q = Qualifier
NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to knockout stage
Group A
11 November
12 November
14 November
Group B
11 November
12 November
14 November
Group C
11 November
12 November
14 November
Group D
11 November
12 November
14 November
=Nine dart shootout
=
With
Mark Webster and
Darren Webster
Darren Michael Webster (born 10 June 1968) is an English darts player nicknamed Demolition Man.
Career
Webster won the 2005 Open Oust Nederland, beating Co Stompé in the final.
Originally nicknamed The Sniper, Webster reached the quarter-fina ...
finishing level on points and leg difference, a nine-dart shootout between the two took place to see who would play the Group C winner
Phil Taylor in the second round. The match took place after the conclusion of Tuesday's group matches, and was the second year in succession that a nine-dart shootout was required. Mark Webster threw first.
Group E
11 November
12 November
13 November
Group F
11 November
12 November
13 November
Group G
11 November
12 November
13 November
Group H
11 November
12 November
13 November
Knockout stage
References
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Grand Slam
Grand Slam of Darts
The Grand Slam of Darts is a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation and is known as the Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts for sponsorship purposes. The PDC also invited the best performing players from its rival, the British Dart ...
Grand Slam of Darts
The Grand Slam of Darts is a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation and is known as the Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts for sponsorship purposes. The PDC also invited the best performing players from its rival, the British Dart ...