Former World Number One golfer Vijay Singh has buried the hatchet with the U.S. PGA Tour over a 2013 doping dispute.

The three-time major champion from Fiji and the U.S. PGA Tour made a joint announcement on Tuesday that they have reached a settlement deal over Singh's lawsuit after he was suspended by the tour for his self-confessed use of a controversial deer-antler spray.

It all started five years ago when Singh revealed to Sports Illustrated that he had used deer antler spray during a story about steroid alternatives. The PGA Tour slapped a 90-day suspension on the ace golfer after finding the spray contained IGF-1, a banned substance as per the tour's anti-doping rules. Singh appealed against that punishment while the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ruled that it no longer considered using the spray a doping violation unless there was a failed drug test involved.

Since Singh never failed any test, his ban was revoked as per the WADA ruling.

The big Fijian, who won The Masters in 2000 and the PGA Championship in 1998 and 2004, however, sued the tour later in 2013, alleging that he was treated unfairly in how the doping violation was handled, causing unfair harm to his reputation. The suit was eventually settled by the two parties – Singh and the U.S. PGA Tour – on Tuesday as their joint statement read, "The PGA Tour and Vijay Singh are pleased to announce that we have resolved our prior dispute. The settlement reflects our mutual commitment to look to the future as we put this matter behind us. The PGA Tour fully supports Vijay as he continues to be a true champion on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions."

The statement further added, "The PGA Tour recognizes that Vijay is one of the hardest working golfers ever to play the game and does not believe that he intended to gain an unfair advantage over his fellow competitors in this matter.

"Vijay fully supports the PGA Tour's Anti-Doping Program and all efforts to protect the integrity of the game that he loves so much. The parties will make no statement concerning the settlement terms resolving this matter."

Apart from being the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008, Singh was also a 2003 British Open runner-up and was joint third at the 1999 U.S. Open.

His 34 career PGA titles, the most by any player from outside the United States, included 22 beyond the age of 40, breaking Sam Snead's 40-and-over career win mark.