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) Prize money(Total: £450,000)Winner (1) £110,000Runner-up (1) £55,000Semi-finalists (2) £28,500Quarter-finalists (4) £16,000Last 16 (second round) (8) £10,000Third in group (8) £5,000Fourth in group (8) £3,000Group 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 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 Premier League Darts 2017 Winner Michael van Gerwen World Matchplay 2017 Winner Phil Taylor World Grand Prix 2017 Winner Daryl Gurney PDC World Youth Championship 2016 Winner Corey Cadby Masters 2017 Winner Michael van Gerwen UK Open 2017 Winner Peter Wright European Championship 2017 Winner Michael van Gerwen Players Championship Finals 2016 Winner Michael van Gerwen Champions League of Darts 2017 Winner Mensur Suljović World Series of Darts Finals 2017 Winner Michael van Gerwen PDC World Cup of Darts 2017 Winners Michael van Gerwen PDC World Darts Championship 2017 Runner-Up Gary Anderson Grand Slam of Darts 2016 Runner-Up James Wade Premier League Darts 2017 Runner-Up Peter Wright World Matchplay 2017 Runner-Up Peter Wright World Grand Prix 2017 Runner-Up Simon Whitlock PDC World Youth Championship 2016 Runner-Up Berry van Peer Masters 2017 Runner-Up Gary Anderson UK Open 2017 Runner-Up Gerwyn Price European Championship 2017 Runner-Up Rob Cross Players Championship Finals 2016 Runner-Up Dave Chisnall Champions League of Darts 2017 Runner-Up Gary Anderson World Series of Darts Finals 2017 Runner-Up Gary Anderson PDC World Cup of Darts 2017 Runners-Up Gerwyn Price Mark Webster Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

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 Winner Peter Wright Michael Smith German Darts MastersWinner Michael van Gerwen German Darts OpenWinner Peter Wright European Darts Grand PrixWinner Peter Wright Gibraltar Darts TrophyWinner Michael Smith European Darts MatchplayWinner Michael van Gerwen Austrian Darts OpenWinner Michael van Gerwen European Darts OpenWinner Peter Wright Dutch Darts MastersWinner Michael van Gerwen German Darts Grand PrixWinner Michael van Gerwen International Darts OpenWinner Peter Wright European Darts TrophyWinner Michael van Gerwen Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament. 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 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 APool BPool CPool D(PDC Seeded Players)(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

Group A Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus 1 Michael van Gerwen (1) 3 3 0 15 7 +8 6 Q 2 Rob Cross 3 2 1 14 8 +6 4 3 3 1 2 8 13 –5 2 Eliminated 4 Joe Murnan (Q) 3 0 3 6 15 –9 0

11 November 100.95 Michael van Gerwen 5 – 1 Ross Montgomery 97.24 103.87 Rob Cross 5 – 1 Joe Murnan 87.26

12 November 108.28 Michael van Gerwen 5 – 4 Rob Cross 104.70 86.29 Joe Murnan 3 – 5 Ross Montgomery 100.96

14 November 108.29 Michael van Gerwen 5 – 2 Joe Murnan 93.40 105.76 Rob Cross 5 – 2 Ross Montgomery 87.43

Group B Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus 1 3 3 0 15 7 +8 6 Q 2 Steve Lennon (Q) 3 1 2 10 10 0 2 3 Gerwyn Price 3 1 2 10 13 –3 2 Eliminated 4 Jamie Hughes (BDO) 3 1 2 6 11 –5 2

11 November 5 – 1 Jamie Hughes 85.13 102.83 Gerwyn Price 5 – 3 Steve Lennon 96.90

12 November 5 – 4 Gerwyn Price 101.10 100.20 Steve Lennon 5 – 0 Jamie Hughes 74.29

14 November 5 – 2 Steve Lennon 94.74 89.45 Gerwyn Price 1 – 5 Jamie Hughes 92.34

Group C Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus 1 3 2 1 13 10 +3 4Q 2 James Wade 3 2 1 11 9 +2 4 3 Robbie Green (Q) 3 1 2 12 11 +1 2Eliminated 4 Peter Machin (BDO) 3 1 2 7 13 –6 2

11 November 99.13 Phil Taylor 5 – 1 Peter Machin 85.82 83.74 James Wade 1 – 5 Robbie Green 88.42

12 November 99.39 Phil Taylor 5 – 4 Robbie Green 98.98 91.47 James Wade 5 – 1 Peter Machin 85.12

14 November 84.88 Phil Taylor 3 – 5 James Wade 90.84 79.06 Robbie Green 3 – 5 Peter Machin 79.53

Group D Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus 1 3 3 0 15 5 +10 6 Q 2 Darren Webster (Q) 3 1 2 9 12 –3 2 Nine Dart Shootout 2 Mark Webster 3 1 2 10 13 –3 2 4 Danny Noppert (BDO) 3 1 2 8 12 –4 2 Eliminated

11 November 97.00 Daryl Gurney 5 – 1 Danny Noppert 92.65 86.07 Darren Webster 3 – 5 Mark Webster 90.51

12 November 96.08 Daryl Gurney 5 – 3 Mark Webster 90.55 103.44 Darren Webster 5 – 2 Danny Noppert 98.57

14 November 98.80 Daryl Gurney 5 – 1 Darren Webster 88.59 92.52 Mark Webster 2 – 5 Danny Noppert 90.08

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.

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Group E Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus 1 Glen Durrant (BDO) 3 2 1 14 10 +4 4 Q 2 3 2 1 12 9 +3 4 3 Alan Norris (Q) 3 1 2 12 14 −2 2 Eliminated 4 Corey Cadby 3 1 2 9 14 −5 2

11 November 102.84 Peter Wright 2 – 5 Glen Durrant 106.05 86.82 Alan Norris 5 – 4 Corey Cadby 85.33

12 November 92.78 Alan Norris 3 – 5 Glen Durrant 103.50 98.88 Peter Wright 5 – 0 Corey Cadby 90.21

13 November 97.49 Corey Cadby 5 – 4 Glen Durrant 96.80 98.68 Peter Wright 5 – 4 Alan Norris 92.50

Group F Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus 1 Stephen Bunting (Q) 3 3 0 15 10 +5 6 Q 2 3 1 2 11 12 −1 2 3 Scott Mitchell (BDO) 3 1 2 11 13 −2 2 Eliminated 4 3 1 2 12 14 −2 2

11 November 93.30 Dave Chisnall 5 – 2 Scott Mitchell 100.02 97.02 Stephen Bunting 5 – 4 Jeffrey de Zwaan 96.69

12 November 85.43 Dave Chisnall 2 – 5 Stephen Bunting 90.55 91.80 Jeffrey de Zwaan 3 – 5 Scott Mitchell 86.95

13 November 96.58 Dave Chisnall 4 – 5 Jeffrey de Zwaan 98.08 97.28 Stephen Bunting 5 – 4 Scott Mitchell 93.50

Group G Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus 1 3 3 0 15 10 +5 6 Q 2 Michael Smith 3 2 1 14 12 +2 4 3 James Wilson (Q) 3 1 2 12 12 0 2 Eliminated 4 Mark McGeeney (BDO) 3 0 3 8 15 −7 0

11 November 93.83 Mensur Suljović 5 – 2 Mark McGeeney 81.03 97.13 Michael Smith 5 – 3 James Wilson 91.91

12 November 102.84 Mensur Suljović 5 – 4 Michael Smith 100.79 92.47 James Wilson 5 – 2 Mark McGeeney 85.22

13 November 98.48 Mensur Suljović 5 – 4 James Wilson 99.72 104.90 Michael Smith 5 – 4 Mark McGeeney 100.40

Group H Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus 1 3 3 0 15 6 +9 6 Q 2 Berry van Peer 3 2 1 11 13 −2 4 3 Cameron Menzies (BDO) 3 1 2 12 12 0 2 Eliminated 4 Simon Whitlock 3 0 3 8 15 −7 0

11 November 96.55 Gary Anderson 5 – 3 Cameron Menzies 91.98 86.48 Simon Whitlock 4 – 5 Berry van Peer 87.00

12 November 111.79 Gary Anderson 5 – 1 Berry van Peer 68.85 90.31 Simon Whitlock 2 – 5 Cameron Menzies 90.79

13 November 104.73 Gary Anderson 5 – 2 Simon Whitlock 96.43 81.19 Berry van Peer 5 – 4 Cameron Menzies 81.52

Knockout stage

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