Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Johnson ya fara kakar wasa ta 2016 da kyau tare da kammala shida a cikin 10 na farko a cikin abubuwan da ya faru na farko. Bayan kammalawa biyu a waje da manyan 10, ya kusan lashe Gasar Tunawa, ya gama harbi ɗaya a bayan mai nasara William McGirt. Ya sake yin rikodin saman 10 a cikin FedEx St. Jude Classic mako guda bayan haka. Johnson ya lashe gasar
2016 US Open don da'awar babban taken sa na farko a ranar 19 ga Yuni, 2016 a cikin bayyanarsa ta 29th. Nasarar ta kasance cikin rikice-rikice duk da haka yayin da aka ba Johnson hukuncin kisa guda daya bayan da zagayensa na karshe ya gama saboda wani abin da ya faru a kan kore na biyar. Yayin da yake shirye-shiryen magance kwallon don putt, sai kwallon ya motsa kadan. Johnson ya yi nesa da cewa bai yi magana da kwallon ba. Bayan ya yi magana da wani jami'in dokoki a wurin an gaya masa ya ci gaba da harbi wanda ya samu nasara. Ya gama cin nasara da bugun jini uku a gaban Shane Lowry, Scott Piercy da Jim Furyk. Lamarin kwallon da ke motsawa ya haifar da fushi a tsakanin yawancin manyan 'yan wasan golf na duniya tare da' yan wasa kamar Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler da Webb Simpson suna daukar kafofin watsa labarun don sukar USGA saboda shawarar da ta yanke. Johnson ya tashi matsayi uku a cikin OWGR zuwa lamba ta uku bayan wannan nasarar.