Draw for Players Championship 17 confirmed: Wade and Part to face off in first round

World number two Peter Wright tops the seedings list after Michael van Gerwen decided to not enter this Players Championship event. 'Snakebite' will face former Lakeside champion Christian Kist in the first round. World champion Rob Cross meets another Dutchman, as 'Voltage' has drawn Jan Dekker.
Two former PDC major winners are set to clash with each other in the first round of Players Championship 17. James Wade takes on three-time world champion John Part.
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Peter Wright - | - Christian Kist
Lee Bryant - | - Dennis Nilsson
Kyle Anderson - | - John Davey
Dave Prins - | - David Pallett
Stephen Bunting - | - Terry Temple
Adam Hunt - | - Darren Johnson
James Wilson - | - Dawson Murschell
Peter Hudson - | - Ryan Harrington
Joe Cullen - | - Prakash Jiwa
Simon Stevenson - | - Matthew Edgar
Steve Beaton - | - Ritchie Edhouse
Adam Huckvale - | - Diogo Portela
Simon Whitlock - | - William O'Connor
Jamie Bain - | - Eddie Dootson
Jelle Klaasen - | - Jimmy Hendriks
Jeffrey de Graaf - | - Ryan Joyce
Jonny Clayton - | - Joe Murnan
Stuart Kellett - | - Scott Darbyshire
Chris Dobey - | - Kirk Shepherd
Gabriel Clemens - | - Brendan Dolan
Gerwyn Price - | - Paul Nicholson
Kevin Painter - | - Scott Taylor
Steve West - | - Tytus Kanik
Mario Robbe - | - Martin Schindler
Ian White - | - Benito van de Pas
Gary Eastwood - | - Luke Woodhouse
Ron Meulenkamp - | - Andrew Gilding
Cody Harris - | - Jamie Caven
Max Hopp - | - Robert Owen
Ronny Huybrechts - | - Yordi Meeuwisse
Kim Huybrechts - | - Devon Petersen
Toni Alcinas - | - Richie Burnett
Rob Cross - | - Jan Dekker
Cameron Menzies - | - Tony Newell
Vincent van der Voort - | - Arron Monk
Ross Twell - | - Jason Cullen
Dave Chisnall - | - Rowby-John Rodriguez
Peter Jacques - | - Terry Jenkins
Mervyn King - | - Robert Thornton
Vincent Kamphuis - | - Cristo Reyes
Adrian Lewis - | - Simon Preston
Bradley Brooks - | - Dirk van Duijvenbode
Steve Lennon - | - Steve Hine
Chris Quantock - | - Ross Smith
Daryl Gurney - | - Aden Kirk
Mark Dudbridge - | - Robert Marijanovic
John Henderson - | - Michael Barnard
Barrie Bates - | - Alan Tabern
James Wade - | - John Part
Kevin Burness - | - Harry Ward
Josh Payne - | - Dimitri Van den Bergh
Paul Rowley - | - James Richardson
Darren Webster - | - Alan Norris
Wayne Jones - | - Jim Brown
Keegan Brown - | - Davy Van Baelen
Ricky Evans - | - Jarred Cole
Michael Smith - | - Mark Wilson
Mark Webster - | - Justin Pipe
Danny Noppert - | - Richard North
Mickey Mansell - | - Stephen Burton
Gary Anderson - | - Luke Humphries
George Killington - | - Jamie Lewis
Jermaine Wattimena - | - Madars Razma
Nathan Aspinall - | - Ryan Searle
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