Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te whakataetae tuatahi o te ao o te tau ko te Australian Goldfields Open tuatahi
i tae atu ai a Ford ki ngā wāhanga whakamutunga mā te whiu i a Gerard Greene. Na ka patua e ia te nama 15 o te ao a Jamie Cope 5<unk>3 i mua i te whitening 0<unk>5 e te toa whakamutunga a Stuart Bingham i te 16 whakamutunga. I eke ia ki tana tuatoru o nga whakataetae UK Championship i reira i takaro ai ia ki te toa o mua o te ao a Neil Robertson, engari i whiua ia 1 <unk> 6. I wikitoria a Ford i tana taitara PTC tuarua i te Takahanga 11 i te Tihema ma te wikitoria i a Martin Gould 4<unk>3. I mutu ia i te tekau ma rua i roto i te Order of Merit ki te tohu mo te 2012 Whakamutunga, i reira ka ngaro ia ki a Mark Davis 1<unk>4 i roto i te 24 whakamutunga. I muri mai ka tohu ia mo te rauna Wildcard o te Tiamana Kaiwhakaako me te 5<unk>0 whitening o Anthony Hamilton ka whiua te Irishman a Philip Arnold 5<unk>1 kia eke ki te 32 whakamutunga, i tutaki ai ia ki a Mark Allen. I whakahaerehia e Ford te 3 ki te 0, engari ka ngaro i te tukinga 4 ki te 5. I tohu ia mo te Welsh Open ka hinga i a Graeme Dott 4<unk>2 i te rauna whakatuwheratanga, i mua i te hinganga ki a Stephen Lee 1<unk>4. I tae ano a Ford ki te rauna tuarua o te Ao Tuwhera, na te wehenga o Ronnie O'Sullivan, engari i puta i te whakataetae i roto i te whakatau whakamutunga a Mark King. I hinga ano ia ki a Lee, i tenei wa i te rauna tuatahi o te China Open, i mua i te kore e tohu mo te Toa o te Ao i muri i te whiwhinga 9<unk>10 na Cao Yupeng. I mutu a Ford i te wa o te tau ko te nama 26 o te ao, ko te tikanga kua piki ake ia e waru nga waahi i roto i te tau.