After a four-month break from the game, Phil will play at this week's opening event.
His biographer published controversial comments about the Saudi funded series in February.
The American has joined the field at the club.
The golfer wanted a release from the tour to play in the first event.
The players taking part in the event could be in trouble with the tour.
Taking time away from the sport has been hard.
After he criticized the Saudi regime, he lost multiple sponsors and his reputation was ruined, yet he was involved in the Saudi Arabia-backed golf super league to gain leverage over the PGA Tour.
He missed the Masters for the first time in 28 years, as well as the USPGA Championship, where he was defending champion.
"First and foremost, I want to again apologise to the many people I offended and hurt with my comments a few months ago," he said.
Some of the things I have said and done have caused me to make mistakes. Taking time away has made me very sad.
Mickleson missed the last two majors and plans to play in the big tournaments.
He said he was thrilled to start with LIV golf. I also plan on playing in the majors.
I understand that some may disagree with this decision and I empathise with that.
I am ready to come back to play the game I love but after 32 years, this new path is a fresh start, one that is exciting for me at this stage of my career and is ideally for the game and my peers.
The first iteration of the proposed Super League is believed to be the LIV Golf International Series.
Mickelson has reportedly accepted a package worth £24m to compete in the eight-tournament series. He is joined by players such as two-time major winner Dustin Johnson, England's former world number one Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Spaniard Sergio Garcia.
Norman decided against running the series as a league format, instead each event will be an invitational tournament for the rest of the decade.
Norman said that Phil Mickelson is one of the greatest golf players of this generation. His contribution to the sport and connection to fans around the globe cannot be overstated, and we are grateful to have him.
We are proud to launch a new era for golf with him.
Each of the six regular season tournaments in the invitational series will have the same $25 million prize fund, meaning they are more lucrative.
There will be a team and individual competition with captains selecting three players in a draft-style format. The teams of four will play each other at the same time on different holes in what is called a'shotgun start'.
Each event's individual winner will take home $4m - by way of comparison, the PGA Tour's flagship event, the Players Championship, earned Cam Smith $3.6m for his victory in March.
Iain Carter is a golf correspondent for the British Broadcasting Corporation.
The LIV Golf project was derailed because of comments made by Phil Mickelson, who was critical of Saudi Arabia.
The golfer was supposed to be the face of a new golf super league. He admitted to taking steps to become a better person.
One of golf's most popular figures was seen as a huge downfall. He is making his return at the first event of the Saudis. He is going to be getting a lot of appearance money.
It's important that he doesn't mention the PGA Tour in a future that now involves, as originally intended, being the most illustrious poster boy.
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