STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- It's about three weeks till the election, but you could never tell by Colin Jost's swing.

The "Saturday Night Live" Weekend Update co-host kept it steady Monday afternoon during the inaugural Celebrity Golf & Tennis Outing to benefit the St. George Theatre, joining up with teams scattered across the Richmond County Country Club before the show revs up again for the week.

It was a jarring image, seeing the usually-suited comedian so far from 30 Rock, his famous head of hair hidden beneath a Puma cap. "SNL" tends to go into overdrive in weeks like these, when election nerves seek comedic relief.

But Mondays are the easy days; the kind that allow for a few holes on his home turf. He had a few hours before he'd hurry into Manhattan to meet with actor Tom Hanks, this week's "SNL" host -- in the process, he won a driver from pro-golfer Michael Michaelides and dropped a few bucks for the theater's restoration efforts.

Jost has played golf since he was a kid, learning first from his dad, and later becoming a member and playing when his filming schedule permitted. He likes the game because it's challenging yet civil, he said overlooking the scenic 10th hole -- the best view on the whole course.

"It's a stress-reliever," he said, especially in Staten Island, where the Richmond County course borders the Greenbelt. He slides his hat back at the 7th hole, soaking in the sun "for the first time in weeks," he jokes.

He's even thought of a few Weekend Update lines on the Todt Hill course, he said.

Throughout the day, Jost, a Grymes Hill native, chatted up his fellow golfers about the high school sports seasons and the hidden slopes on the course. But no conversation, not even on the golf course, can steer from politics right now.

Other golfers -- including local celebrities like Joe Causi, Jackie Martling and Ken Dashow -- wanted to know the behind-the-scenes details of parodying the news of this election every Saturday night.

Of particular interest: the Trump tapes, and the quick turnaround Jost and Che made on Weekend Update.

For Jost, the most shocking part wasn't exactly the Republican presidential candidate's remarks -- though, they were, he said. Jost was more surprised there was something that could still shock him after the many months of Weekend Update-perfect fodder.

"I was relieved, on a human level, that I could be shocked by him still," Jost laughed.

This was a very early Christmas present from Trumpy Claus https://t.co/zr0CRpbuS1 — Colin Jost (@ColinJost) October 10, 2016

Unlike their peers in the late night show hosting world, Jost and his Weekend Update partner Che haven't made it clear which candidate they prefer. In a recent interview with Politico's Glenn Thrush, Jost said that Trump "hit these huge problems that no one on either side was talking about."

For a show that makes jokes about a rather joke-worthy election cycle, the position is unique.

"It's hard to be completely neutral," Jost said before teeing up Monday morning. "We try to attack individual issues or moments and not make blanket statements."

A civil response fit for the sport.