Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei whitiāhua - He pai tana eke ki ngā whiringa toa 16 whakamutunga o te 2012 World Championship
mā te whiu i a Darin Young rāua ko Scott Rand, 3<unk>1 rāua ko 4<unk>1. Heoi, i whawhai ia ki te nama tuawha o te ao a Gary Anderson i te rauna e whai ake nei, ka ngaro ia i te 1<unk>4 i te mea ko tana hoa whawhai te 100. I te Paenga-whāwhā, ka heke atu a Lloyd i te 16 o te ao mo te wa tuatahi i roto i te tekau tau neke atu, a ka hiahia ia ki te tohu mo nga huihuinga nui e haere ake nei mena kaore ia e whakahoki mai i tona waahi. I tana huihuinga nui e whai ake nei, te UK Open, i tukuna e Lloyd he hua whakamiharo ma te patu i te toa rangatira a James Wade 9<unk>5, engari ka ngaro ki te nama 48 o te ao a Joe Cullen 8<unk>9 i nga 32 whakamutunga. I eke a Lloyd ki te mutunga o te iwa o nga pere i te rauna tuatahi o te Tohu Pakeha Tohu 2 i te wa o te wikitoria 6 <unk> 5 ki a Alex Roy. I te marama o Hurae, i wikitoria ia i te tekau o nga Toa Toa o te tau, ko tana taitara tuatahi i roto i te tata ki te 2 tau. I whiua e ia a Andy Hamilton 6 × 5 i te whiringa toa, a ka hoki mai ki te 16 o runga. I whakauruhia ia ki te 17th i te waahi tapahi i mua o te World Matchplay, engari he tohu tonu na tana tuunga i runga i te ProTour Order of Merit. I tutaki a Lloyd ki a Mark Webster i te rauna tuatahi ka hinga ia 6-10. Whai muri i nga huihuinga 33 ProTour katoa o te tau 2012, ko Lloyd te 16 i runga i te Order of Merit, i tohu ia ia mo te Players Championship Finals i reira i whiua ai ia e Peter Wright 5<unk>6 i te rauna tuatahi, i muri i te 5<unk>3 i mua.