Bryson DeChambeau’s post-LIV career has turned into something close to controlled chaos, and right now it genuinely feels like nobody, including DeChambeau himself, knows where this is heading next for golf.
Just a few months ago, the conversation around the two-time U.S. Open champion looked completely different. Back-to-back LIV Golf wins in Singapore and South Africa had people talking about another dominant stretch from golf’s resident mad scientist. Some even picked him to contend heavily at the 90th Masters. Instead, Augusta turned into a disaster. Rounds of 76 and 74 sent him packing before the weekend, while Rory McIlroy slipped back into Green Jacket mode.
That was only the beginning. Since then, DeChambeau’s season has looked like a man juggling too many moving parts at once. He’s dealt with reported personal issues, endless equipment experimentation, and a wrist injury that forced him to miss LIV Golf Mexico. A third-place finish in Virginia briefly steadied things before another major collapse arrived at the PGA Championship, where he missed yet another cut and exited Aronimink in a visibly awkward fashion.
Bryson DeChambeau Admits He’s Torn Between Golf And YouTube
Hovering over all of it is the giant question mark surrounding LIV Golf itself. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund reportedly plans to end its multibillion-dollar backing after the 2026 season, leaving players scrambling to figure out what professional golf even looks like moving forward. Naturally, the rumors surrounding LIV’s biggest crossover star have exploded.
One theory says DeChambeau could return to the PGA Tour after reportedly meeting with officials under Augusta’s famous Big Oak Tree. Another suggests he may scale back competitive golf entirely to focus on building his YouTube empire. That idea sounds ridiculous until you realize DeChambeau already has nearly three million subscribers and openly admits he wants to triple that audience globally.
“I’d love to do a bunch of dubbing in different languages,” he told reporters. “And then I’d love to play tournaments that want me.”
The exemptions are there if he wants them. His 2024 U.S. Open victory guarantees him entry into that championship through 2034, while the Masters and PGA Championship exemptions run through 2029.
Still, the most revealing moment came during his appearance on the Katie Miller Podcast, where DeChambeau sounded unusually uncertain about his future.
“I’m in a weird space right now,” he admitted. “I don’t know what to do, either content creation or professional golf.” That alone was striking enough. Then came the eyebrow-raising claim that top-tier content creation can be just as lucrative as elite professional golf. DeChambeau awkwardly laughed through the question before eventually concluding the money is “very, very similar” at the highest level.
That’s difficult math to justify.
Between his reported $125 million LIV signing bonus, $56 million in LIV prize money, and another $37 million earned previously on the PGA Tour, DeChambeau’s on-course earnings alone push past $218 million. By comparison, even golf YouTube’s biggest stars operate in an entirely different financial universe. Rick Shiels reportedly earns somewhere between $250,000 and $750,000 annually from his massively successful channel. MrBeast-level money exists, but that audience scale is almost impossible to replicate.
Still, DeChambeau clearly sees content creation as more than a side hustle. At times, he talks about YouTube with more excitement than he does about tournament golf itself.
The Moon Landing Comments Only Added To The Circus
Which honestly makes some of the rest of the podcast even more bizarre.
At one point, DeChambeau questioned whether the Apollo 11 moon landing footage was real, while still insisting humans definitely went to the moon because “Elon says we’ve definitely gone.” He also casually mentioned believing in aliens before pivoting back to discussing whether he’d rather win the Masters or play golf on the moon.
Eventually, DeChambeau settled on the Masters. “Winning the Masters is something I’ve grown up always wanting to do,” he explained, though he admitted the moon idea had become “a recent content idea.”
Only Bryson DeChambeau could seriously entertain both possibilities in the same sentence.
Donald Trump, Pickles, And Bryson Being Bryson
Then came the Donald Trump stories and it is no secret that Trump and DeChambeau have developed a close relationship. The golfer attended Trump’s inauguration, joined the White House Sports Council, and has repeatedly played rounds with the president, including appearances on DeChambeau’s popular Break 50 YouTube series.
According to DeChambeau, the first time they played together felt “more nerve-wracking” than any putt he has faced to win a tournament. He also described playing with Secret Service agents surrounding the course as “not comfortable.”
But the strangest anecdote involved pickles.
DeChambeau recalled ordering a sandwich during lunch with Trump and becoming visibly irritated after staff added pickles despite his request not to. Trump apparently found the whole thing hilarious.
“And he said, ‘Now that is why you’re a major champion!’” DeChambeau explained.
Only Bryson DeChambeau could turn sandwich pickles into a presidential golf anecdote.
By the end of the interview, the 32-year-old admitted he wants a large family, “at least four” kids, while hinting his relationship situation remains complicated.
That feels like an appropriate summary for DeChambeau’s entire life right now: complicated, unpredictable, occasionally fascinating, and never far from another headline.
