Overview
- The Tour Card Holder qualifier in Wigan produced the final eight places: Michael Smith, Ricky Evans, Luke Woodhouse, Connor Scutt, Wessel Nijman, Danny Noppert, Karel Sedlacek and Lukas Wenig.
- Peter Wright was whitewashed 5-0 by Connor Scutt, averaging 85.71, ending a run of Grand Slam appearances dating back to 2012.
- Smith secured his spot by defeating Rusty-Jake Rodriguez, Jose De Sousa and Krzysztof Ratajski, marking his first TV major since March.
- Several high-profile names failed to qualify, with Dimitri Van den Bergh, Joe Cullen, Ryan Joyce and Dirk van Duijvenbode losing early and Rob Cross falling in the last 32.
- The Grand Slam runs Nov. 8–16 with a £650,000 purse and £150,000 to the winner, and it precedes a 2026 expansion to a 48-player format.