<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UWhitlock waphuka ithambo elisesithendeni ngenkathi edlala eBenidorm ngoNovemba 2011 futhi waphoqeleka ukuba ahoxe ku-2011 Grand Slam of Darts naku-2011 Players Championship Finals. Akazange adlale futhi kwaze kwaba  <response>: 2012 World Championship futhi, enamasonto ambalwa nje kuphela okuzivocavoca ngemuva kwakhe, wakhiqiza ukusebenza okumangazayo ukushaya uDennis Smith 30, ngesilinganiso esingu-105. Uqhubekile nokwenza kahle kwakhe ukuze adlule uSteve Beaton ngo 41 emzuliswaneni wesibili. UWhitlock wavumela ukuhola kuka-3-0 ku-3-3 kuma-16 okugcina ngokumelene noMichael van Gerwen kodwa wabamba isibindi sakhe ukunqoba isethi esinqumayo, wabe esehlula uGary Anderson ngo-5-1 ukuze alungiselele ukushayisana kwe-semi-final no-Andy Hamilton. Wahola ngo-5 kuya ku-3, edinga isethi eyodwa kuphela ukuze afinyelele kowamanqamu wesibili we-PDC World Championship, kodwa umphikisi wakhe wakhulisa umdlalo wakhe futhi uWhitlock waphuma emqhudelwaneni. UWhitlock wathi ngemva komdlalo waba nomqhudelwano omuhle kakhulu, uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi kwakungamelwe adlale. 