Trump Spends 'Great Morning' Playing Golf with Pal Tiger Woods on Florida Getaway After Shutdown

President Donald Trump is back on the green and away from Washington, D.C.

The 72-year-old commander in chief kicked off his first trip back to Mar-a-Lago since the government shutdown by spending Saturday morning on the golf course with his pal Tiger Woods, 43, and retired professional golfer Jack Nicklaus, 79.

According to a White House pool report, the president arrived at the Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida, shortly before 10 a.m.

The outing marked Trump’s first golf game in 69 days, according to Yahoo Sports. Before the shutdown, “It was rare that he would go more than a week or two without playing a round, either heading to his private club in Virginia or flying to New Jersey or Florida to play at one of his clubs,” reported The Washington Post, which has made a chart of Trump’s golf outings during his presidency.

Seemingly enjoying his day in the sun, Trump went on to share a smiling photo of the trio on Twitter, captioning the image, “Great morning at Trump National Golf Club.”

White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters said, “Today the President is playing a round of golf with two legendary golfers Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.”

The president’s motorcade left the golf club at 2:39 p.m., and Trump arrived back at Mar-a-Lago shortly after 3:00 pm., according to the pool report.

Along the way, the motorcade passed several supportive signs, as well as a man repeating the phrase “President Trump loves you” into a bullhorn.

While much has been made of Trump’s friendship with Woods over the years, Nicklaus also has ties to the Republican, and was responsible for designing the club’s 18-hole course, according to its website.

Nicklaus won 18 major championships throughout his career — the current record — while Woods has won 14.

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In a 2017 blog post on his website, Woods — who has been friends with the president for years — spoke admiringly of Trump’s skills on the green.

“[What] most impressed me was how far he hits the ball at 70 years old,” Woods wrote, as spotted by the Washington Post. “He takes a pretty good lash.”

However, when it comes to politics, Woods has made sure to avoid commenting on any controversial issues that have defined Trump’s presidency.

When previously asked about Trump’s opinions on immigration and race relations, Woods simply said they should “respect” the president.

“He’s the President of the United States,” Woods said in August 2018, according to ASAP Sports. “You have to respect the office. No matter who is in the office, you may like, dislike personality or the politics, but we all must respect the office.”

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Trump is expected to return to D.C. on Sunday, two days before he delivers the State of the Union address, where he is expected to address his controversial push for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker, has dismissed a border wall as “immoral” and “ineffective.”

Trump was photographed alongside his wife Melania Trump, 48, and their 12-year-old son Barron as they departed Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport on Friday — leaving the cold D.C. temperatures behind.

The first family touched down at 6:54 p.m. ET, according to a White House pool report.

Though the Trumps carried umbrellas to avoid rain in Palm Beach on Friday, cloudy skies were expected as the beach town reached a high of 78 degrees on Saturday. Meanwhile, the Midwest and Northeast are warming up following the polar vortex that claimed the lives of 21 people.

Also onboard for the getaway were Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner, and their three kids: Arabella Rose, 7, Joseph Frederick, 5, and Theodore James, 2.

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It’s the president’s first vacation since the government was temporarily reopened after the 35-day government shutdown, the longest in American history.

Trump was last at Mar-a-Lago just before Thanksgiving but strategically chose to stay in Washington for the Christmas and New Years holidays during the shutdown.

“I am all alone (poor me) in the White House,” he tweeted in part on Christmas Eve.

The family had originally planned to spend more than two weeks at Mar-a-Lago over the winter holidays, but Mr. Trump tweeted that he was canceling his trip to Florida hours after the shutdown began on Dec. 22.