He returned the next year but couldn't repeat his performance of twelve months earlier, losing in the first round to Matt Clark.
He beat Dutchmen Mareno Michels and Albertino Essers in the first two rounds before losing to another Dutchman Jelle Klaasen who, like Burnett 11 years earlier, was the eventual champion.
Paul Hogan qualified for the 2015 UK Open for which he had another good run defeating Lee Russell, Derek Bland, Darren Johnson and Benito van de Pas before losing to World Number 1 Michael van Gerwen in a high quality affair 9–4.
On Saturday 25th, Paul Hogan defeated Martin Phillips of Wales 4–3 in legs with a 30.10 1-dart average (90.30 3-dart) as part of a 12–0 whitewash for England over their Welsh counterparts.
On the 26th England defeated Scotland 10–2 to win the title, Hogan's 4–1 victory over Alan Soutar will be remembered for the 9-darter he threw in the 5th and final leg.
He beat Darren Brown, Paul Nicholson and Jeffrey de Zwaan before losing a close last 16 match against Gerwyn Price 10–9.