# 2017 Grand Slam of Darts

The 2017 Grand Slam of Darts, was the eleventh staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 11–19 November 2017 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.
The tournament's defending champion was Michael van Gerwen, who won the tournament in 2016 by defeating James Wade 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.
| Position (num. of players) | Position (num. of players) | Prize money (Total: £450,000) |
| Winner | (1) | £110,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £55,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £28,500 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £16,000 |
| Last 16 (second round) | (8) | £10,000 |
| Third in group | (8) | £5,000 |
| Fourth in group | (8) | £3,000 |
| Group winner bonus | (8) | £2,500 |

## Qualifying
### PDC qualifying tournaments

PDC Main Tournaments :
| Tournament | Year | Position | Player | Qualifiers |
| PDC World Darts Championship | 2017 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| Grand Slam of Darts | 2016 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| Premier League Darts | 2017 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| World Matchplay | 2017 | Winner | Phil Taylor | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| World Grand Prix | 2017 | Winner | Daryl Gurney | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| PDC World Youth Championship | 2016 | Winner | Corey Cadby | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| Masters | 2017 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| UK Open | 2017 | Winner | Peter Wright | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| European Championship | 2017 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| Players Championship Finals | 2016 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| Champions League of Darts | 2017 | Winner | Mensur Suljović | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| World Series of Darts Finals | 2017 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| PDC World Cup of Darts | 2017 | Winners | Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| PDC World Darts Championship | 2017 | Runner-Up | Gary Anderson | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| Grand Slam of Darts | 2016 | Runner-Up | James Wade | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| Premier League Darts | 2017 | Runner-Up | Peter Wright | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| World Matchplay | 2017 | Runner-Up | Peter Wright | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| World Grand Prix | 2017 | Runner-Up | Simon Whitlock | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| PDC World Youth Championship | 2016 | Runner-Up | Berry van Peer | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| Masters | 2017 | Runner-Up | Gary Anderson | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| UK Open | 2017 | Runner-Up | Gerwyn Price | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| European Championship | 2017 | Runner-Up | Rob Cross | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| Players Championship Finals | 2016 | Runner-Up | Dave Chisnall | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| Champions League of Darts | 2017 | Runner-Up | Gary Anderson | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| World Series of Darts Finals | 2017 | Runner-Up | Gary Anderson | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| PDC World Cup of Darts | 2017 | Runners-Up | Gerwyn Price Mark Webster | Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster |
| Michael van Gerwen Phil Taylor Daryl Gurney Corey Cadby Peter Wright Mensur Suljović Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson James Wade Simon Whitlock Berry van Peer Gerwyn Price Rob Cross Dave Chisnall Mark Webster ||||
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.
PDC European Tour :
| Tournament | Event | Position | Player | Qualifiers |
| 2017 European Tour | | | |
| 2017 European Tour | German Darts Championship | Winner | Peter Wright | Michael Smith |
| 2017 European Tour | German Darts Masters | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Michael Smith |
| 2017 European Tour | German Darts Open | Winner | Peter Wright | Michael Smith |
| 2017 European Tour | European Darts Grand Prix | Winner | Peter Wright | Michael Smith |
| 2017 European Tour | Gibraltar Darts Trophy | Winner | Michael Smith | Michael Smith |
| 2017 European Tour | European Darts Matchplay | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Michael Smith |
| 2017 European Tour | Austrian Darts Open | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Michael Smith |
| 2017 European Tour | European Darts Open | Winner | Peter Wright | Michael Smith |
| 2017 European Tour | Dutch Darts Masters | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Michael Smith |
| 2017 European Tour | German Darts Grand Prix | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Michael Smith |
| 2017 European Tour | International Darts Open | Winner | Peter Wright | Michael Smith |
| 2017 European Tour | European Darts Trophy | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Michael Smith |
| Michael Smith ||||
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 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 on 6 November. These are the qualifiers:
* James Wilson
* Robbie Green
* Joe Murnan
* Alan Norris
* Jeffrey de Zwaan
* Darren Webster
* Steve Lennon
* Stephen Bunting

### BDO qualifying tournaments

| Tournament | Year | Position | Player |
| BDO World Darts Championship | 2017 | Winner | Glen Durrant |
| BDO World Darts Championship | 2017 | Runner-Up | Danny Noppert |
| World Masters | 2016 | Winner | Glen Durrant |
| BDO World Trophy | 2017 | Winner | Peter Machin |

### 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
* Jamie Hughes
* Scott Mitchell
* Ross Montgomery
* Cameron Menzies

## Pools

| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| (PDC Seeded Players) | (PDC Qualifiers) | (PDC Qualifiers) | (BDO Qualifiers) |
| Michael van Gerwen (1) Peter Wright (2) Gary Anderson (3) Daryl Gurney (4) Phil Taylor (5) Mensur Suljović (6) Dave Chisnall (7) Raymond van Barneveld (8) | Michael Smith Simon Whitlock James Wade Alan Norris Gerwyn Price Stephen Bunting Rob Cross Darren Webster | Mark Webster James Wilson Robbie Green Joe Murnan Jeffrey de Zwaan Berry van Peer Steve Lennon Corey Cadby | Mark McGeeney Glen Durrant Jamie Hughes Scott Mitchell Ross Montgomery Cameron Menzies Danny Noppert Peter Machin |

## 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
Nine dart shootout
With Mark Webster and Darren Webster 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.
POS
Player
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3
4
5
6
7
8
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Pts
Status
2 Darren Webster
2060206016020357301Advanced to the last 16
3 Mark Webster
606020201919206020298Eliminated :

### Knockout stage

| Second round (best of 19 legs) 15–16 November | Second round (best of 19 legs) 15–16 November | Second round (best of 19 legs) 15–16 November | Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 17–18 November | Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 17–18 November | Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 17–18 November | Semi-finals (best of 31 legs) 19 November | Semi-finals (best of 31 legs) 19 November | Semi-finals (best of 31 legs) 19 November | | Final (best of 31 legs) 19 November | Final (best of 31 legs) 19 November | Final (best of 31 legs) 19 November |
| A1 | Michael van Gerwen (1) 104.98 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| B2 | Steve Lennon (Q) 94.27 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| B2 | Steve Lennon (Q) 94.27 | 3 | A1 | Michael van Gerwen (1) 104.26 | 16 | | | | | | | |
| | | | A2 | Rob Cross 102.54 | 13 | | | | | | | |
| B1 | Raymond van Barneveld (8) 98.30 | 7 | A2 | Rob Cross 102.54 | 13 | | | | | | | |
| A2 | Rob Cross 103.87 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| A2 | Rob Cross 103.87 | 10 | | | | A1 | Michael van Gerwen (1) 106.87 | 16 | | | | |
| | | | | | | C1 | Phil Taylor (5) 98.09 | 8 | | | | |
| C1 | Phil Taylor (5) 101.04 | 10 | | | | | | | C1 | Phil Taylor (5) 98.09 | 8 | | | | |
| D2 | Darren Webster (Q) 88.21 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| D2 | Darren Webster (Q) 88.21 | 4 | C1 | Phil Taylor (5) 103.97 | 16 | | | | | | | |
| | | | D1 | Daryl Gurney (4) 96.43 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| D1 | Daryl Gurney (4) 94.62 | 10 | D1 | Daryl Gurney (4) 96.43 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| C2 | James Wade 90.02 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| C2 | James Wade 90.02 | 2 | | | | | | | | A1 | Michael van Gerwen (1) 102.18 | 16 |
| | | | | | | | | | | E2 | Peter Wright (2) 97.71 | 12 |
| E1 | Glen Durrant (BDO) 99.33 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | E2 | Peter Wright (2) 97.71 | 12 |
| F2 | Dave Chisnall (7) 96.01 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| F2 | Dave Chisnall (7) 96.01 | 8 | E1 | Glen Durrant (BDO) 92.58 | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E2 | Peter Wright (2) 93.68 | 16 | | | | | | | |
| F1 | Stephen Bunting (Q) 96.64 | 4 | E2 | Peter Wright (2) 93.68 | 16 | | | | | | | |
| E2 | Peter Wright (2) 103.69 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E2 | Peter Wright (2) 103.69 | 10 | | | | E2 | Peter Wright (2) 100.69 | 16 | | | | |
| | | | | | | H1 | Gary Anderson (3) 98.81 | 15 | | | | |
| G1 | Mensur Suljović (6) 105.84 | 10 | | | | | | | H1 | Gary Anderson (3) 98.81 | 15 | | | | |
| H2 | Berry van Peer 95.39 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| H2 | Berry van Peer 95.39 | 2 | G1 | Mensur Suljović (6) 94.56 | 12 | | | | | | | |
| | | | H1 | Gary Anderson (3) 101.79 | 16 | | | | | | | |
| H1 | Gary Anderson (3) 106.91 | 10 | H1 | Gary Anderson (3) 101.79 | 16 | | | | | | | |
| G2 | Michael Smith 98.18 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |