 Mason went back to playing in the BDO World Championship after the Tomlin Order, but continued to play in other PDC televised majors outside of their World Championship.After a second round defeat in the BDO world championships in 1998, he went on to reach the semi finals of the 1998 World Matchplay, narrowly losing 11–13 to Ronnie Baxter.The following year, Mason reached the quarter finals of the 1999 World Matchplay, losing 11–16 to Taylor.