The draw has been released ahead of the opening day of action at PDC Super Series 5 with the first of four £10,000 tournaments set to take place.
With player withdrawals, there will be four players with byes those being Joe Cullen, Jose de Sousa, Michael van Gerwen and Peter Wright due to their corrosponding seeding.
They will enter into proceedings in the second round but there are still big names involved in the opening round.
This includes Rob Cross facing Scott Mitchell, Adrian Lewis who is after a World Matchplay spot which is the name of the game this week taking on Danny Baggish.
As well as World Champion and World Number One, Gerwyn Price facing Ted Evetts. Nathan Aspinall will face Jeff Smith and Krzysztof Ratajski takes on Kim Huybrechts.
Play begins barring on the final day at 2pm BST and you can follow on our Live Blog below.
Draw Players Championship 17
Board 1
Joe Cullen (BYE)
Aaron Beeney v Matt Jackson
Stephen Burton v Martin Lukeman
Sean Fisher v Peter Hudson
Board 2
Rob Cross v Scott Mitchell
Ritchie Edhouse v Glen Durrant
Dave Chisnall v James Wilson
Jason Lowe v Jake Jones
Board 3
James Wade v Brett Claydon
Steve West v Chris Dobey
Ross Smith v Gary Anderson
Jason Heaver v Martin Thomas
Board 4
Devon Petersen v Harald Leitinger
Justin Pipe v Raymond van Barneveld
Callan Rydz v Mike de Decker
Derk Telnekes v Jamie Hughes
Board 5
Michael van Gerwen (BYE)
Kevin McDine v David Evans
Martijn Kleermaker v William O'Connor
Mickey Mansell v Martin Schindler
Board 6
Danny Noppert v Nick Kenny
Jack Main v John Michael
Gabriel Clemens v Lisa Ashton
Geert Nentjes v Boris Koltsov
Board 7
Gerwyn Price v Ted Evetts
Bradley Brooks v Matthew Edgar
Jermaine Wattimena v Ryan Murray
Steve Beaton v Florian Hempel
Board 8
Damon Heta v Keegan Brown
Geert de Vos v Niels Zonneveld
Luke Humphries v Martin Atkins
William Borland v Berry van Peer
Board 9
José de Sousa (BYE)
Adam Hunt v Ricky Evans
Madars Razma v Steve Brown
Ron Meulenkamp v Wayne Jones
Board 10
Nathan Aspinall v Jeff Smith
Eddie Lovely v Maik Kuivenhoven
Daryl Gurney v Jim McEwan
Adrian Lewis v Danny Baggish
Board 11
Jonny Clayton v Mark McGeeney
José Justicia v Gordon Mathers
Ryan Searle v Andy Boulton
Kevin Doets v Krzysztof Kciuk
Board 12
Krzysztof Ratajski v Kim Huybrechts
Jon Worsley v Adam Gawlas
Mervyn King v Andrew Gilding
Jelle Klaasen v John Henderson
Board 13
Peter Wright (BYE)
John Brown v Simon Whitlock
Ryan Joyce v Luke Woodhouse
Darren Webster v Boris Krcmar
Board 14
Brendan Dolan v Karel Sedlacek
Ciaran Teehan v Lewis Williams
Ian White v Jesus Noguera
Joe Murnan v Gary Blades
Board 15
Michael Smith v Max Hopp
Chas Barstow v Keane Barry
Dimitri van den Bergh v Peter Jacques
Josh Payne v Andy Hamilton
Board 16
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Steve Lennon
Zoran Lerchbacher v Darius Labanauskas
Vincent van der Voort v Jeffrey de Zwaan
Alan Tabern v Alan Soutar