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 Mensur Suljović 6–5 in the final of the 2016 tournament, and he retained his title by defeating Rob Cross 6–4 in the final.

This is how the prize money is divided: The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 21 September automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

Mensur Suljović withdrew prior to the start of the tournament for family reasons.

An extra Host Nation Qualifier was made available as a result.