As if the Presidents Cup could start any other way.

The PGA and Liberty National Golf Course are rolling out the red carpet today for the last three U.S. presidents -- Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton -- who are on hand to help tee off the Presidents Cup golf tournament in Jersey City.

The three former presidents, all of whom presided over the tournament as honorary chairmen while in office, are set to appear at the first tee box at the ultra-exclusive waterfront golf course.

Earlier, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop tweeted a photo of him and his wife Jaclyn speaking with Obama and later tweeted a photo of them with all three former presidents.

A huge honor to welcome 3 presidents to #JerseyCity as part of the #PresidentsCup w/@jaclyn_fulop pic.twitter.com/RaG2Zw1kOt — Steven Fulop (@StevenFulop) September 28, 2017

The tournament, which tees off today and run through Sunday, pits a team of American golfers against their counterparts from around the world in series of 30 matches of varying formats. The PGA Tour event is held every other year and resembles the Ryder Cup in format, with the key difference being European players are not included on the International Team.

Match play gets underway at 1:05 p.m. when Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler of the U.S. Team take on South Africa's Charl Schwartzel and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama of the International Team.

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