Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Hamilton ya rasa 5<unk>9 a cikin 32 na karshe na Birtaniya Open zuwa Raymond van Barneveld. Ya kai wasan karshe na gasar zakarun 'yan wasa na goma na shekara kuma ya jagoranci 5<unk>3 a kan abokin hamayyarsa Colin Lloyd, kafin ya rasa 5<unk>6. A Wasannin Wasannin Duniya ya doke Dolan da Mark Webster, amma daga baya Phil Taylor ya doke shi 11-16 a wasan kusa da na karshe. Hamilton ya ci nasara zuwa wasan karshe na biyu na gasar zakarun 'yan wasa na shekara a wasan na 12 a watan Satumba, amma ya yi rashin nasara 4 × 6 ga Simon Whitlock. Daga nan sai ya doke Webster da Steve Beaton don shiga wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar cin kofin duniya. Hamilton ya fuskanci Michael van Gerwen kuma duk da cewa ya gama 160 don tilasta yanke shawara, ya rasa 2<unk>3. Hamilton ya jagoranci kungiyarsa a Grand Slam na Darts
ta hanyar lashe dukkan wasanninsa guda uku, kafin ya fitar da ton-plus-finishes hudu don ya wuce Gary Anderson 10<unk>9. Ya doke John Part 16<unk>12 a wasan kusa da na karshe, kuma ya jagoranci van Barneveld 6<unk>3 a wasan kusa da na karshe, kafin dan kasar Holland din ya hada wasan da ya kayyade wasanni tara a jere kuma a karshe ya yi nasara 16<unk>10. Bayan an buga dukkan wasannin ProTour 33 na shekarar 2012, Hamilton ya kasance na 14 a kan Dokar Kyauta, wanda ya cancanci shi zuwa wasan karshe na Players Championship inda ya ga Andy Smith da van Gerwen don buga wasan Taylor a wasan kusa da na karshe. Hamilton ya jagoranci 9 zuwa 5 a cikin mafi kyawun wasan kafa 19, yana gab da doke zakaran duniya sau 15 a karo na farko a wasan da aka watsa a talabijin, amma Taylor ya dawo kuma tare da ci a 9 zuwa 8, Hamilton yana buƙatar 60 don wasan. Ya rasa allon tare da dart na farko kuma ya rasa ninki 20 tare da na karshe, wannan shine dart kawai da yake da shi don wasan yayin da ya rasa 9<unk>10.