Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Higgins ya buga Ronnie O'Sullivan a wasan karshe kuma ya kasance 5 <unk> 4 a baya bayan zaman farko, amma ya dawo ya dauki shida daga cikin firam takwas masu zuwa kuma ya lashe taken sa na biyu a cikin mako guda. A zagaye na biyu na Northern Ireland Open ya yi 147 na takwas a cikin aikinsa kuma ya ci nasara 137 da 130 a cikin nasara 4 zuwa 1 a kan Sam Craigie. Higgins ya tilasta yanke hukunci a cikin wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar zakarun Burtaniya bayan ya bi Selby 3<unk>0, amma ya rasa shi. Ya rufe 2016 ta hanyar doke O'Sullivan 5<unk>2 a wasan kusa da na karshe na
Scottish Open sannan ya dawo daga 5<unk>1 zuwa Judd Trump don lashe wasan kusa da karshe 6<unk>5. Ya buɗe wasan karshe da Marco Fu tare da ƙarni uku kuma ya gina jagora 4<unk>1, amma ya rasa firam takwas a jere don a ci shi 9<unk>4. Higgins ya lashe gasar Championship League ta hanyar doke Ryan Day 3<unk>0 a wasan karshe.