2017 Dutch Darts Masters
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, from 1 to 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.
9 of the 16 seeds lost their first match, thus resulting in the most seeds losing in the secomd round of a European Tour event until the 2019 Czech Darts Open which then saw 11 out of 16 seeds lost in their opening match.
Prize money
This is how the prize money is divided:Qualification and format
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, eight from the West/South European Qualifier, four from the Host Nation Qualifier, one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier and one from the East European Qualifier.
The following players took part in the tournament: