KAILUA, Hawaii (AP) — President Barack Obama abruptly ended a round of golf and sped toward his family’s vacation home for what was described as a “personal matter.” An ambulance was seen speeding toward their compound.

White House aides said the speedy departure and return to the president’s home was not a matter of national security or because of a threat to Obama’s safety.

Obama was playing golf when reporters who travel with him were quickly assembled for a return to the first family’s neighborhood.

Journalists saw an ambulance speed past with its lights on, heading toward the end of Obama’s street. The ambulance would have passed through a security checkpoint at the end of the street.