at the 2016 english open, patrick eliminated zak surety 4–1 and james wattana 4–2 and then narrowly lost 4–3 to john higgins in the third round. he reached the same stage of the northern ireland open after only conceding one frame during wins over marc davis and duane jones, but he was thrashed 4–0 by barry hawkins. patrick lost the final two frames both times in his 6–5 and 5–4 first round defeats to michael white and mark joyce at the uk championship and china open respectively. he entered q school to try and stay on the tour as he has finished the season outside of the top 64 in the rankings at world number 105, but failed to advance beyond the third round of either event.