[1] 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.

[2] 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.

[3] The five qualifiers were confirmed on 10 October 2017, and were:[6] 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 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 11 November 12 November 14 November

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.