5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm)
A commonly listed height, as Wikipedia gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
Source: Wikipedia
How tall was Arnold Palmer?
Arnold Palmer is commonly listed at 5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
Arnold Palmer’s 5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 63 in 100 US men are shorter.
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Arnold Palmer beside others
Arnold Palmer is in the middle of the 14 golfers we have heights for: Ernie Els (6 ft 3 in) stands 5 in (12.7 cm) taller and Gary Player (5 ft 6 in) is 4 in (10.2 cm) shorter.
Also listed at 5 ft 10 in: Jack Nicklaus.
- Rory McIlroy: 5 ft 9 in (175.3 cm), 1 in (2.5 cm) shorter than Arnold Palmer.
- Sam Snead: 5 ft 11 in (180.3 cm), 1 in (2.5 cm) taller than Arnold Palmer.
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Where this height comes from
Photo: U.S. Coast Guard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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