Willem Mandigers is second with Mark McGeeney down in third. World Champion Glen Durrant is in the seventh seeding.
Other qualifiers include Scott Waites, Michael Unterbuchner and Gary Robson with Andy Hamilton and Tony O’Shea among the wildcards given out by tournament sponsors, Finder.
The 24 players are split into 8 groups, with each player playing 2 matches, best of 9 legs. The top player from each group advance to the quarter-finals, which is played in set format through to the final.
In terms of the Ladies, Aileen De Graaf, the champion from last year is back as the second seed with Deta Hedman first.
Lisa Ashton, Sharon Prins and Fallon Sherrock are the wildcards for this year’s tournament.
1 Jim Williams 2 Willem Mandigers 3 Mark McGeeney 4 Richard Veenstra 5 Derk Telnekes 6 Scott Mitchell 7 Glen Durrant 8 Chris Landman 9 Gary Robson 10 Wesley Harms 11 Dean Reynolds 12 Michael Unterbuchner 13 Scott Waites 14 Conan Whitehead 15 Wayne Warren 16 Jeffrey van Egdom 17 Jeffrey Sparidaans 18 Andy Hamilton 19 Ross Montgomery 20 Daniel Day 21 Tony O’Shea 22 Martin Adams 23 Martijn Kleermaker 24 Wouter Vaes
1 Deta Hedman 2 Aileen de Graaf 3 Astrid Trouwborst Nederland 4 Sharon Prins 5 Lisa Ashton 6 Fallon Sherrock
Winner play off
1 Lars Plaisier
Wildcards
2 Jurjen van der Velde
3 Keane Barry
4 Nathan Girvan
5 Levy Frauenfelder
6 Kevin Lasker