President Donald Trump brought Sen. Rand Paul to his Virginia golf course on Sunday, where the two discussed health care as they hit the fairways.

The outing to Trump National Golf Club came hours after Trump tweeted that: 'Talks on Repealing and Replacing ObamaCare are, and have been, going on, and will continue until such time as a deal is hopefully struck.'

White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said Trump would be golfing and talking policy, including health care, with Paul and budget director Mick Mulvaney.

After the playdate, Paul talked about the 'great day' he had.

'Played some golf, and we talked and we talked about a little bit of health care. I continue to be very optimistic that we are getting closer and closer to an agreement on repealing Obamacare,' Paul said.

The senator later tweeted: 'I had a great time today with [Donald Trump] and believe we are getting closer to an agreement on health care!'

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President Donald Trump went golfing on Sunday, but played politics as well, inviting along Sen. Rand Paul and OMB Director Mick Mulvaney

The president's golfing companion Sunday was Paul, seen entering a vehicle before departing the White House (left) and talking to the media after returning from the course (right)

After the playdate, Paul tweeted he had a 'great time' with the president and they were 'getting closer to an agreement on health care'

President Donald Trump's motorcade is photographed arriving at the Trump National Golf Club in Potomac Falls, Virginia

Paul, whom Trump vanquished in the 2016 Republican presidential primary, was a critic of the House GOP plan to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law.

The collapse of that effort humiliated Trump in the early days of his administration.

Party leaders now hope to produce a new health care bill, but it remains unclear how that will happen, with deep divides among Republicans and little interest in cooperation from Democrats.

This morning, Trump brought up a health care reform bill again.

'Anybody (especially Fake News media) who thinks that Repeal & Replace of ObamaCare is dead does not know the love and strength in R Party!' he wrote.

Sen. Rand Paul, who President Trump vanquished in the Republican primary, was against the House version of the health care reform bill, which went down in flames

The White House pool report said that President Trump was accompanied to the golf club by Sen. Rand Paul (left) and OMB Director Mick Mulvaney

Since the health care bill went down, Trump has repeatedly lashed out at members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus who contributed to the defeat.

But speaking on CNN's State of the Union Sunday, a member of the caucus, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, refuted the attacks, saying 'tweets and statements and blame don't change facts. And the facts remain the same. When you look at the document, when you look at the legislation, it doesn't repeal Obamacare.'

The Sunday golf outing was not unusual for Trump, who has visited his golf courses in Virginia and Florida repeatedly since taking office.

Sometimes these rounds incorporate official business, like when he played with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Florida.

For years, Trump railed against Obama when he was in office for golfing.

Candidate Trump said if he won the election he'd probably be too busy to golf and would only play with people with whom he was looking to make deals.

President Donald Trump has used his local golf club as a venue outside the White House to hold meetings, like this one with cabinet officials in mid March