Trump, a known golf enjoyer, played often throughout his first four years as president and used the endeavor to get close with lawmakers and world leaders. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is readying his golf skills ahead of expected diplomacy mixed in with nine or 18 holes on the golf course, his office told CNN.

Yoon “recently began practicing golf again for the first time in eight years, in preparation for ‘golf diplomacy’ with President-elect Trump,” the outlet reported, after “following the advice of those around him.”

The president-elect has various golf courses in Florida, Virginia, and New Jersey, along with others around the country and the world. His visits to his golf courses during his first term included one with the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whom Trump grew a strong relationship with during his tenure. Abe was assassinated in 2022, more than a year after Trump left office.

While campaigning for a return to the White House, Trump has occasionally discussed his golf game and the sport at a wider level, along with hitting the greens.

During the presidential debate between Trump and President Joe Biden in June, the two sparred over their golf games, including a dispute over their golf handicaps.

The president-elect was also targeted while golfing at his course in Florida two months ago, marking the second assassination attempt on him during the campaign cycle. The second would-be assassin was thwarted before getting in the line of sight of Trump.

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The U.S.-South Korean relationship made headlines during Trump’s first term in office with Trump’s outreach efforts to North Korea. Since leaving office, tensions have mounted between the two Koreas as the North associates more closely with Russia and other adversaries.

Threats by North Korea, China, and Russia are expected to be some of the top foreign policy issues for the Trump administration, along with wars in Gaza and Ukraine.