2017 Dutch Darts Masters

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

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Daryl Gurney 6–2 in the final of the 2016 tournament, and he retained his title for the 4th consecutive year by defeating Steve Beaton 6–1 in the final.

More than half of all seeds (nine out of 16) lost their first match, thus resulting in the most seeds crashed out in a European Tour Event after the second round (since the adaption of 16 seeds in the second round in 2014).

## Prize money

The prize fund in the 2017 PDC European Tour events increased by £20,000 to £135,000 per event, although the winner still received £25,000.

In a change of rules for 2017, prize money will count towards the PDC Order of Merit, the PDC ProTour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit, with one exception: should a seeded player lose in the second round (last 32), their prize money will not count towards any Orders of Merit, although they still receive the full prize money payment.

This is how the prize money was divided:

## Qualification and format

The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 29 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:

1. **Michael van Gerwen**  **(Champion)**
2. Peter Wright  *(Semi-finals)*
3. Mensur Suljović  *(Second round)*
4. Simon Whitlock  *(Third round)*
5. Michael Smith  *(Semi-finals)*
6. Ian White  *(Second round)*
7. Kim Huybrechts  *(Second round)*
8. Benito van de Pas  *(Second round)*
9. Daryl Gurney  *(Quarter-finals)*
10. Jelle Klaasen  *(Second round)*
11. Alan Norris  *(Second round)*
12. Joe Cullen  *(Third round)*
13. Cristo Reyes  *(Second round)*
14. Gerwyn Price  *(Second round)*
15. Rob Cross  *(Third round)*
16. Mervyn King  *(Second round)*
* Nathan Aspinall  *(Third round)*
* Steve Beaton  *(Runner-up)*
* James Wilson  *(First round)*
* Steve West  *(Second round)*
* Kyle Anderson  *(Third round)*
* Jim Walker  *(Second round)*
* Darren Webster  *(First round)*
* John Henderson  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Kirk Shepherd  *(Second round)*
* Harry Robinson  *(First round)*
* Justin Pipe  *(First round)*
* Chris Quantock  *(First round)*
* Jamie Bain  *(First round)*
* Ryan Searle  *(First round)*
* Jamie Lewis  *(Second round)*
* Robert Owen  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Steve Lennon  *(First round)*
* Richard North  *(First round)*
* René Berndt  *(First round)*
* Max Hopp  *(First round)*
* Nico Blum  *(First round)*
* Mike De Decker  *(Third round)*
* Martin Schindler  *(Third round)*
* Ronny Huybrechts  *(First round)*
* Rowby-John Rodriguez  *(Second round)*
* John Michael  *(First round)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* Jimmy Hendriks  *(Second round)*
* Christian Kist  *(Third round)*
* Justin van Tergouw  *(First round)*
* Jeffrey de Zwaan  *(Second round)*

**Nordic & Baltic Qualifier**
* Ulf Ceder  *(First round)*

**East European Qualifier**
* Krzysztof Ratajski  *(Quarter-finals)*

## References

1. ↑ Superb van Gerwen's Dutch Masters Treble. PDC. Retrieved on August 7, 2023.
2. ↑ Four-Some Van Gerwen's Dutch Delight. PDC. Retrieved on August 21, 2023.
3. ↑ Record Prize Money On Offer In 2017. PDC. Retrieved on August 17, 2023.
4. ↑ European Tour Rule Changes Announced. PDC. Retrieved on August 17, 2023.
5. ↑ Dutch Darts Masters Entries Confirmed. PDC. Retrieved on August 21, 2023.
6. ↑ Dutch Darts Masters Draw/Schedule. PDC. Retrieved on August 21, 2023.