The tournament was held for the fourth time at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 3–5 March 2017, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw will be staged after each round until the final.

Two-time runner-up and top seed Peter Wright won his first PDC major, defeating Gerwyn Price 11–6 in the final.

[1] There are six qualifying events staged in February 2017 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table.

In addition, the next 64 players (without ties in this year's edition) in the Order of Merit list qualified for the tournament, but started in the earlier rounds played on the Friday.

*Michael van Gerwen withdrew on March 3 due to a back injury and was not replaced; the last player drawn in the third round got a bye.