The PGA Tour reinstated Brooks Koepka, effective immediately, on Monday under a new Returning Member Program, opening the door for the return of other star golfers who defected for LIV Golf.

Koepka joined LIV in 2022 under a deal that paid out an estimated $120 million, with the golfer forgoing a final installment that would have provided a sum in the ballpark of $10 million this year. He earned an additional $45 million in prize money and bonuses competing in the PIF-backed breakaway tour.

In late December, he left LIV and formally applied for PGA reinstatement. On X/Twitter, Koepka said he would tee it up at the Farmers Insurance Open at the end of the month and play the WM Phoenix Open the following week.

“I believe in where the PGA TOUR is headed with new leadership, new investors, and an equity program that gives players a meaningful ownership stake,” Koepka said in his social media post. “I also understand there are financial penalties associated with this decision, and I accept those.”

Koepka’s reinstatement calls for the five-time major winner to make a $5 million charitable donation at the request of the PGA Tour, and he is not eligible for the $100 million FedEx Cup bonus program in 2026. In addition, he is ineligible for the PGA Tour’s Player Equity Program for five years. The PGA Tour estimates Koepka will miss out on between $50 million and $85 million in potential earnings. The Tour called it “one of the largest financial repercussions in professional sports history,” in an open letter from PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp.

The reinstatement program allows golfers who have been away from the PGA Tour for at least two years to apply for a return under certain conditions and penalties. Yet, the program is only open to golfers who have won the Players Championship or one of the four majors since 2022. In addition to Koepka, the only other LIV golfers who meet that criteria are 2024 U.S. Open winner Bryson DeChambeau, 2023 Masters champion Jon Rahm and 2022 Players Championship and British Open winner Cameron Smith.

The program closes Feb. 2, and golfers must commit to playing 15 approved events during the 2026 PGA Tour season. “This is a one-time, defined window and is not a precedent for future situations,” Rolapp wrote. “Once the door closes, there is no promise that this path will be available again.”