Bryson DeChambeau’s PGA Championship ended with an early exit — but it was his eyebrow-raising moon landing comments that really sent social media into orbit.
The two-time U.S. Open champ crashed out at Aronimink after posting a six-over 76 in the first round and a one-over 71 in the second, missing the cut at a major for the second straight time.
But golf fans quickly stopped talking about his scorecard and started buzzing about his appearance on the “Katie Miller Pod.”
During the interview, the LIV Golf star said he believes astronauts made it to the moon — but isn’t sold on the famous Apollo 11 footage.
“Look, Elon [Musk] says we’ve definitely gone there. So I tend to go that route, because he’s the man that knows quite a bit about all that,” DeChambeau told Miller, who is married to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.
He then drew a distinction between believing the moon landing happened and believing the video that documented it.
“Artemis just went around the moon. So I do believe if we spent a lot of our resources like they say we did, I think we did,” DeChambeau said.
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“I don’t think the footage is real. But I think we did go to the moon. I don’t know about the footage. It’s quite… It’s quite wild.”
The comments quickly overshadowed his disappointing week on the course.
For many fans, the remarks only added to the eccentric reputation DeChambeau has built throughout his career.
The viral moment also arrived as questions continue to swirl about his future in professional golf.
With uncertainty hanging over LIV Golf’s long-term future, DeChambeau has openly discussed the possibility of leaning more heavily into content creation and YouTube rather than pursuing a return to the PGA Tour.
His YouTube channel boasts more than 2.7 million subscribers, and DeChambeau has suggested it now generates revenue on par with his LIV earnings.
“I’m in that weird space right now, I don’t know what to do, either: Content creation or professional golf,” DeChambeau told Miller. “I don’t know what to do right now.”
When asked whether YouTube or LIV Golf pays more, he indicated the gap is virtually nonexistent.
“I’d say they’re about the same,” he said. “If you’re up at that level and content creation, they are very, very similar.”
Reports that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund could pull the plug on LIV Golf funding after the 2026 season have only intensified speculation about the league’s future and what comes next for its biggest stars.
DeChambeau has previously suggested he could focus largely on YouTube while still competing in major championships if LIV folds and a PGA Tour comeback proves difficult.
Still, a return to the PGA Tour may come with hurdles.
According to DeChambeau, current PGA Tour media rules could clash with the type of content he likes to create during tournament weeks.
“If I was to film a video during the week of one of their events with a content creator or a celebrity, that would be in violation to my knowledge,” DeChambeau told Skratch ahead of LIV Virginia in early May.
“It’s their policy, they didn’t let me do it when I was on there. I asked various times.”
He argued that such videos help tournaments rather than hurt them.
“If you look at it, it’s affiliate marketing, so me being able to create content on that golf course that week at that event should only bring value to the tournament, and that’s what I care about most, entertaining like I’ve always said from day one,” he said.
DeChambeau added that any potential return may ultimately come down to whether fellow players want him back.
“It’s really about if the membership wants me back and if they just want me back. That’s what it’s about,” he said. “I don’t even think it’s [PGA Tour CEO] Brian Rolapp or anybody like one of the top executives, it’s really if the players want me back and if not, then I understand that.”
His moon landing comments surfaced as the Pentagon released another batch of UFO-related records, now commonly referred to as UAPs, under an executive order signed by President Trump.
The latest dump included 64 items: six PDF documents, seven audio recordings and 51 videos uploaded to the Pentagon’s UFO portal.
According to official descriptions, the videos contain footage of unidentified anomalous phenomena captured by military aircraft.
The release followed an earlier disclosure that included declassified FBI files, pilot testimony, diplomatic cables and NASA imagery.
Among the newly released materials were audio recordings of NASA astronauts from the Apollo and Mercury programs discussing strange objects spotted in space, including references to “fireflies” and “snowflakes.”
NASA has long maintained that the “fireflies” were likely frozen condensation particles drifting away from spacecraft and reflecting sunlight.
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin also discussed an unexplained sighting during his historic lunar mission in a 1969 interview included in the earlier release.
“I observed what appeared to be a fairly bright light source which we tentatively ascribed to a possible laser,” Aldrin said.
Interest in mysterious space phenomena has also coincided with filmmaker Steven Spielberg jokingly pitching himself as Earth’s official greeter in the event aliens ever show up.
Appearing during one of the final episodes of “The Late Show,” Spielberg argued he should get the nod ahead of former President Barack Obama.
“I think I should represent — I mean, my whole thing is it should be me!” Spielberg said.
Colbert told him, “Everybody wants the gig!”
“I love Barack. We’re friends. I love him,” Spielberg said. “I love his family, but he’s had his eight years, you know?”
Spielberg then pointed to his long résumé of alien-themed films, including “Close Encounters,” “E.T.,” “Men in Black” and “War of the Worlds.”
When Colbert suggested he was bragging, Spielberg disagreed.
“No, I’m not bragging,” he said. “Here’s the point I’m trying to make: I’ve made all these movies where I’ve kind of played an ambassadorial role. They’ve never shown themselves to me. Why is that? It’s so unfair.”
Colbert joked that aliens might be worried Spielberg would turn them into movie stars.
“I have no idea,” Spielberg replied, “but I’m available, guys!”