The 2016 U.S. Senior Open was won by Gene Sauers, who won in a Monday finish at Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio, by a shot over 54-hole leader Miguel Angel Jimenez and Billy Mayfair at 3-under 277.
Ian Woosnam finished in fourth and Michael Allen finished alone in fifth place. Those were the only five players in the field to shoot par or better in the 72-hole event.
Sauers won the $675,000 winner's share of the $3.75 million purse.
2016 U.S. Senior Open leaderboard and final results and prize money payouts
| POS | PLAYER | TO PAR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | TOTAL | MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gene Sauers | -3 | 68 | 69 | 71 | 69 | 277 | |
| T2 | Billy Mayfair | -2 | 69 | 67 | 75 | 67 | 278 | |
| T2 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | -2 | 68 | 70 | 69 | 71 | 278 | |
| 4 | Ian Woosnam | -1 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 68 | 279 | |
| 5 | Michael Allen | E | 68 | 71 | 73 | 68 | 280 | |
| T6 | Kevin Sutherland | 1 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 67 | 281 | |
| T6 | Paul Goydos | 1 | 71 | 73 | 70 | 67 | 281 | |
| T6 | Joey Sindelar | 1 | 69 | 66 | 77 | 69 | 281 | |
| T9 | David Frost | 2 | 71 | 73 | 68 | 70 | 282 | |
| T9 | Loren Roberts | 2 | 73 | 68 | 70 | 71 | 282 | |
| T11 | Tom Lehman | 3 | 74 | 70 | 73 | 66 | 283 | |
| T11 | Colin Montgomerie | 3 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 68 | 283 | |
| T11 | Bernhard Langer | 3 | 73 | 70 | 69 | 71 | 283 | |
| T14 | Jay Haas | 4 | 70 | 72 | 73 | 69 | 284 | |
| T14 | Scott Verplank | 4 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 284 | |
| T14 | Joe Durant | 4 | 75 | 67 | 70 | 72 | 284 | |
| T14 | Scott Dunlap | 4 | 73 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 284 | |
| T18 | Bart Bryant | 5 | 72 | 74 | 71 | 68 | 285 | |
| T18 | Takeshi Sakiyama | 5 | 69 | 74 | 74 | 68 | 285 | |
| T18 | Vijay Singh | 5 | 66 | 75 | 75 | 69 | 285 | |
| T18 | Olin Browne | 5 | 70 | 71 | 74 | 70 | 285 | |
| T18 | Jeff Gallagher | 5 | 68 | 76 | 71 | 70 | 285 | |
| T18 | Glen Day | 5 | 68 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 285 | |
| T24 | Woody Austin | 6 | 75 | 70 | 72 | 69 | 286 | |
| T24 | Brian Henninger | 6 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 70 | 286 | |
| T24 | Stephen Ames | 6 | 70 | 68 | 76 | 72 | 286 | |
| T27 | Tom Byrum | 7 | 76 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 287 | |
| T27 | Grant Waite | 7 | 75 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 287 | |
| T27 | Michael Bradley | 7 | 69 | 76 | 76 | 66 | 287 | |
| T30 | Duffy Waldorf | 8 | 78 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 288 | |
| T30 | Jeff Maggert | 8 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 75 | 288 | |
| T32 | Doug Garwood | 9 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 289 | |
| T32 | Marco Dawson | 9 | 70 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 289 | |
| T32 | Tommy Armour III | 9 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 289 | |
| T32 | Bobby Gage | 9 | 71 | 71 | 78 | 69 | 289 | |
| T32 | Jeff Sluman | 9 | 70 | 72 | 80 | 67 | 289 | |
| T37 | Miguel Angel Martin | 10 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 290 | |
| T37 | Paul Broadhurst | 10 | 70 | 73 | 75 | 72 | 290 | |
| T37 | Peter Fowler | 10 | 77 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 290 | |
| T37 | Chip Lutz (a) | 10 | 77 | 69 | 74 | 70 | 290 | |
| T37 | Todd Hamilton | 10 | 73 | 73 | 75 | 69 | 290 | |
| T37 | Brad Bryant | 10 | 71 | 75 | 76 | 68 | 290 | |
| T43 | Larry Mize | 11 | 75 | 71 | 71 | 74 | 291 | |
| T43 | Scott Hoch | 11 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 291 | |
| T43 | Jeff Hart | 11 | 71 | 76 | 70 | 74 | 291 | |
| T43 | Jimmy Carter | 11 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 71 | 291 | |
| T43 | Mike Small | 11 | 72 | 73 | 76 | 70 | 291 | |
| T48 | Greg Kraft | 12 | 70 | 74 | 76 | 72 | 292 | |
| T48 | Billy Andrade | 12 | 72 | 71 | 76 | 73 | 292 | |
| T48 | Brandt Jobe | 12 | 71 | 70 | 79 | 72 | 292 | |
| T51 | Bob Tway | 14 | 71 | 71 | 79 | 73 | 294 | |
| T51 | Rod Spittle | 14 | 77 | 70 | 75 | 72 | 294 | |
| T51 | Mark Calcavecchia | 14 | 71 | 75 | 78 | 70 | 294 | |
| T54 | Brian Mogg | 15 | 72 | 74 | 78 | 71 | 295 | |
| T54 | Tom Watson | 15 | 72 | 70 | 82 | 71 | 295 | |
| T56 | Tom Pernice Jr. | 16 | 72 | 75 | 76 | 73 | 296 | |
| T56 | Kiyoshi Murota | 16 | 73 | 74 | 79 | 70 | 296 | |
| T58 | Mark Brooks | 17 | 70 | 72 | 80 | 75 | 297 | |
| T58 | Jesper Parnevik | 17 | 74 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 297 | |
| 60 | Gary Hallberg | 20 | 71 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 300 |
