Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Whitlock ya karya kashinsa a idonsa yayin wasa a Benidorm a watan Nuwamba 2011 kuma an tilasta masa janyewa daga 2011 Grand Slam na Darts da 2011 Players Championship Finals. Bai sake buga wasa ba har zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2012
kuma, tare da makonni kawai na horo a bayansa, ya samar da wani wasan kwaikwayo mai ban mamaki don ya doke Dennis Smith 3 × 0, tare da matsakaicin 105. Ya ci gaba da aikinsa don sauƙaƙe Steve Beaton 4<unk>1 a zagaye na biyu. Whitlock ya bar jagorancin 3<unk>0 zuwa 3<unk>3 a cikin 16 na karshe a kan Michael van Gerwen amma ya riƙe ƙarfin hali don cin nasarar yanke shawara, sannan kuma ya doke Gary Anderson 5<unk>1 don kafa wasan kusa da karshe tare da Andy Hamilton. Ya jagoranci 5 zuwa 3, don buƙatar saiti ɗaya kawai don isa wasan karshe na biyu na PDC World Championship, amma abokin hamayyarsa ya haɓaka wasan sa kuma Whitlock ya yi taurin kai daga gasar. Whitlock ya ce bayan wasan cewa ya yi babban gasa, la'akari da cewa bai kamata ya yi wasa ba.