However, after all four days had been completed he had not won enough games to qualify through the Order of Merit and just had PDPA Associate Member status for 2014 which enabled him to play in all UK Open and European Tour qualifiers as well as the Challenge Tour. Hylton qualified for the UK Open but lost 5–1 to Dennis Smith in the first round. He played in 10 of the 16 Challenge Tour tournaments, reaching the semi-finals of the 11th event where he was defeated 5–4 by Mark Frost. Hylton was knocked out in the quarter-finals of two Challenge Tour events in 2015 and got to the semi-finals of the fifth event in 2016 and lost 5–2 to Nick Fullwell. Hylton Quit on the PDC in 2017. Hylton worked as an airline cabin manager for 14 years before taking redundancy and becoming a professional darts player in 2010. He graduated from Wrexham University in 1987 as a BA in English Literature. Hylton has one son, Alexander. Hylton supports Sky Bet Championship football club Stoke City. He also played cricket at an amateur level as a teenager.