 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - McGill akatanga mwaka nekurasikirwa ne53 kuna John Higgins mumutambo wekutanga weWuxi Classic. Akasvika kuma semi fainari eRiga Open mushure mekurova Judd Trump 43, asi akarasikirwa mune imwe yekupedzisira furemu yekusarudza kurwisa Mark Allen. McGill akabvisa vese Michael Georgiou naIgor Figueiredo ne64 scorelines kuUK Championship ndokuzodzoka kubva pa41 pasi kurwisa Nigel Bond kuti akunde 65. Akasvika kwake kwokutanga UK kota-fainari nokuramba kukunda John Higgins 65 pashure kuva 41 kumusoro, asi kunzi kukunda kuti Higgins kuipa chimiro pane pachake zvakanaka kutamba. McGill akabva arohwa naRonnie OSullivan 6-4 mushure mekunge ave 2-0 mberi uye akabvuma kuti akarasa mukana wake wekurova mukwikwidzi weUK kane mushure mekutadza kushandisa mikana yakawanda yakauya munzira yake panguva yemutambo. Zvisinei, akapinda mumakwikwi epamusoro makumi matatu nemaviri kekutanga mushure mechiitiko ichi. McGill akapedza 21st paEuropean Order of Merit kuti atambe muGrand Final uye akakunda Peter Ebdon 41 mumutambo wokutanga, asati arasikirwa ne43 kuna Joe Perry. 