Obama, Bush, and Clinton enjoy a nice, relaxing game of golf without Trump

Thursdays are for the boys.
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Brian Koerber
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Former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton all got together on Thursday to watch a nice, relaxing game of golf.

The three were all smiles and sat together during the Presidents Cup golf tournament in Jersey City, New Jersey, snapping selfies and hamming it up with the crowd.

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Missing from the event was current President Donald Trump, who is expected to attend the tournament on Sunday. We'd expect nothing less from a man who criticized Obama for playing golf during his time in office, but has since visited golf courses 60 times as president, playing at least 24 times.

Regardless, these dudes had a great time!

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While the lack of Trump at the competition isn't necessarily a dig at the current president, the former presidents have previously banded together to raise funding for relief efforts after Harvey, without Trump.

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Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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