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.
| 2017 Dutch Darts Masters | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 1–3 September 2017 | ||
| Venue | MECC Maastricht | ||
| Location | Maastricht | ||
| Country |  Netherlands | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £135,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £25,000 | ||
| High checkout | 170  Krzysztof Ratajski  Kirk Shepherd (second round) | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Michael van Gerwen | |||
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Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Daryl Gurney 6–2 in the final of the 2016 tournament,[1] 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) did lose 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) till the 2019 Czech Darts Open which then saw 11 out of 16 seeds lost in their opening match.
Prize money edit
This is how the prize money is divided:
| Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | £25,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £10,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £6,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £4,000 |
| Third round losers | (8) | £3,000 |
| Second round losers | (16) | £2,000 |
| First round losers | (16) | £1,000 |
| Total | £135,000 | |
Qualification and format edit
The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 30 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:
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Draw edit
References edit
- ^ "Dutch Darts Masters Third Round". PDC. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Dutch Darts Masters Entries Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "ET9 UK Qualifier Updates". PDC. Retrieved 8 July 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Kist headlines Maastricht qualifiers". PDC. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Kist Headlines Maastricht Qualifiers".
- ^ Brian. "Qualification ET 7, ET 8, ET 9". PDC Nordic. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "Further Ratajski Success & Bezzeg Qualifies".
- ^ "Dutch Masters Day One". PDC. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "Dutch Masters Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "Dutch Masters Finals Day". PDC. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Dutch Masters Finals Day". PDC. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Dutch Masters Finals Day". PDC. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Dutch Masters Finals Day". PDC. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.