However, he did not disclose who would play golf with the president, although a report by the Boston Herald said that Tiger Woods would be included.

'I have no idea if he's going to golf with Tiger Woods,' Gibbs said.

The vacation was considered a retreat from the debates over the Obama administration's health care policy reform, which have been continuing for months.

But Gibbs said that the president will still continue to 'touch base with members of Congress in the House and the Senate on the Finance Committee to check in with them about progress that's being made'.