President Barack Obama spent the first full day of his Christmas vacation in Hawaii as he usually does — on the golf course.

According to press pool reports, Obama left the Kailua luxury rental where he and the rest of the first family are staying shortly after 11:30 a.m. and headed straight for the Kaneohe Klipper golf course at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

The motorcade passed demonstrators on the street who held signs reading “Close Gitmo,” “All Lives Matter,” “Prosecute the War Criminals,” and “No more drone killings,” as well as one that read “Aloha Obama.”

Obama golfed with special assistants Mike Brush and Joe Paulsen, and childhood friend Bobby Titcomb.

The president left the base around 4:15 p.m. and returned to the vacation rental.

A White House official confirmed that Obama was briefed during the day regarding the fatal shooting of two police officers in Brooklyn.

He later issued this statement: “I unconditionally condemn today’s murder of two police officers in New York City. Two brave men won’t be going home to their loved ones tonight, and for that, there is no justification. The officers who serve and protect our communities risk their own safety for ours every single day — and they deserve our respect and gratitude every single day. Tonight, I ask people to reject violence and words that harm, and turn to words that heal — prayer, patient dialogue, and sympathy for the friends and family of the fallen.”

The Obamas arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam late Friday evening for their annual Hawaii holiday vacation.

Air Force 1 touched down around 10:40 p.m. and the first family emerged from the plane around 10:55 p.m. Unlike years past, when the family was greeted by local dignitaries and military personnel and their families, Friday’s arrival was a low-key affair. After a quick wave to assembled media, the president and his family retreated to a line of waiting SUVs and departed the base. 

The Obamas are expected to spend the next two weeks in the same beachside neighborhood in Kailua where they have spent their previous vacations. 

This is the seventh time in as many years that the first family is spending the holiday break in Hawaii.

There are no public appearances scheduled for the Obamas. The president typically keeps a low profile during his visits to the islands, emerging only to play golf with friends to dine with his family.

The president, first lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Malia and Sasha, boarded Air Force One at a chilly Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland just before 6 p.m. EST (1 p.m. in Hawaii) for the roughly 10-hour flight to Oahu.

According to a media pool report, first dogs Bo and Sunny were boarded on the plane just before the Obamas arrived at the base.

Before leaving, Obama wrapped up his pre-vacation duties with a traditional year-end news conference in which he urged Congress to work toward ending the United States’ long-standing embargo of Cuba, criticized Sony’s decision to cancel the release of “The Interview” following the infamous hack allegedly perpetrated by North Korea, and called attention to positive economic developments over the past year.

Obama closed the news conference with a Hawaii-inspired bid aloha: “And now I’m going to go on vacation. Mele Kalikimaka, everybody. Mahalo.”

The Coast Guard is once again enforcing a temporary security zone in waters off Kailua Bay during this visit. The security zone, in effect until Jan. 5,  includes a portion of Kailua Bay, beginning at Kapoho Point and extending westward to the shoreline near Kailuana Loop. The zone also includes the adjacent canal beginning near Kapoho Point to a point extending the canal way to about 150 yards south of the North Kalaheo Avenue Road Bridge.