The last two months have not been kind to Bryson DeChambeau. The two-time major champion has suffered two straight missed cuts in majors at the Masters and PGA. LIV Golf, which he is the face of, faces extinction.
In an appearance on the “Katie Miller Pod” this week, DeChambeau provided little insight into his or LIV’s future. What he did do, however, is question the footage from the first moon landing, though not the landing itself (“I tend to go that route”). He did not question the existence of UAPs (also known as UFOs) or “inter-dimensional beings.”
DeChambeau says he believes in UFOs but not moon-landing footage
In the midst of his wide-ranging interview on the “Katie Miller Pod,” DeChambeau did touch on topics like LIV’s tenuous future and playing golf with President Trump, but he didn’t share anything we hadn’t heard before.
Elsewhere in his appearance, however, Bryson did reveal some new insight into his thoughts about a decades-long “conspiracy theory”: that the U.S. faked the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing.
Fortunately for scientists the world over, DeChambeau confirmed his belief that the Apollo 11 mission did land on the moon. He said, “I tend to go that route,” because Elon Musk says so.
“Look, Elon [Musk] says we’ve definitely gone [to the moon]. So I tend to go that route, because he’s the man that knows quite a bit about all that,” DeChambeau said in the interview.
“Artemis just went around the moon,” he added, referring to NASA’s 2026 Artemis II mission. “So I do believe if we spent a lot of our resources like they say we did, I think we did.”
While he didn’t debate the moon landing, DeChambeau did claim that the footage from the Apollo 11 lunar mission was faked.
“I don’t think the footage is real,” he said. “But I think we did go to the moon. I don’t know about the footage. It’s quite, it’s quite wild.”
For the record, the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969 was real. Among many other things, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin placed reflector arrays on the lunar surface during humanity’s first visit there. More reflectors were added during the Apollo 14 and Apollo 15 lunar missions. Those reflectors are relied on to this day.
Here’s a quick explanation from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory:
“The longevity of the experiment can be attributed at least in part to its simplicity: The arrays themselves require no power. Four telescopes at observatories in New Mexico, France, Italy and Germany fire lasers at them, measuring the time that it takes for a laser pulse to bounce off the reflectors and return to Earth. This allows the distance to be measured to within a fraction of an inch (a few millimeters), and scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory analyze the results.”
The reflectors have allowed us to gain a better understanding of tides on Earth, as well as the “orbit, rotation and orientation of the Moon.” They also taught us that the distance between the Earth and Moon is increasing by 1.5 inches a year.
Furthermore, today’s spacecraft rely on the lunar reflectors and the data gained from them to orbit and land on the moon.
As to DeChambeau’s claim that the moon-landing footage is not real, I’ll leave that debunking to others.
The moon landing conspiracy was not the only time DeChambeau broached the topic of space in his “Katie Miller Pod” interview. He also laid down his beliefs when it comes to aliens and UAPs, claiming they are “more than just aliens from another world.”
“I do think that there are inter-dimensional beings out there, for sure,” DeChambeau said. “I do believe in UAPs. UAPs, UFOs, I think they’re more than just aliens from another world. Maybe aliens from another world. But I think there’s more. There’s a lot more to that story.”
DeChambeau’s future unclear in light of LIV news, major MCs
Two months ago, it seemed like DeChambeau was having a dream start to his season. He won back-to-back LIV events in March at LIV Golf Singapore and LIV Golf South Africa.
Those wins came one month after what is arguably the biggest LIV Golf moment in history, Anthony Kim’s shocking win at LIV Golf Adelaide.
As the calendar turned to April, though, DeChambeau’s season started taking a nosedive. So, too, did LIV Golf’s prospects.
Coming into Augusta full of confidence, Bryson shot a four-over 76 in the opening round of the 2026 Masters. A 74 on Friday, which featured a triple-bogey on the 18th hole, saw him miss the cut.
Shortly after the Masters, news broke that the Saudi Arabian PIF would pull all funding from LIV Golf following the 2026 season, casting doubt over LIV Golf’s future beyond this season. DeChambeau is the league’s biggest star, and his contract is up after this season.
Then at the 2026 PGA Championship last week, Bryson shot 76-71 to miss the cut for the third time in his last four major starts.
DeChambeau has floated many different possibilities for his future considering LIV’s difficulties, from becoming a full-time YouTube creator to rejoining the PGA Tour “if they just want me back.”
It’s a conundrum he reiterated in his “Katie Miller Pod” interview.
“I’m in that weird space right now, I don’t know what to do, either: content creation or professional golf,” DeChambeau said on the podcast. “I don’t know what to do right now.”
But he hasn’t committed to anything beyond finishing out the 2026 LIV season.
The next time we’ll see DeChambeau on the course outside of LIV is at the year’s next major. The 2026 U.S. Open kicks off at New York’s legendary Shinnecock Hills on June 18. DeChambeau will be vying for his third U.S. Open title.
