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Nixon & Palmer on Golf and Sports

Thursday, March 15, 1973 · 7:02 PM–7:04 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Palmer, ArnoldConversation410-049 on Tape 410StartThursday, March 15, 1973 at 7:02 PMEndThursday, March 15, 1973 at 7:04 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 410-049 ↗

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President Richard Nixon met with professional golfer Arnold Palmer to offer personal congratulations on Palmer's recent tournament victory. The brief interaction focused on the President's appreciation for Palmer’s athletic achievement and his interest in the golfer's upcoming season. The two concluded the conversation by expressing a mutual desire to play a round of golf together in the future.

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Yeah.
Oh, fine.
Hello.
I should have called over that you had that wonderful victory, but I was a little busy at the time, but I just wanted to tell you that I'm glad to see that you came through and won the big one.
You got a hell of a kick out of one of those few events that probably happened.
That party without looking at the sentries on the bombings
And so I brought him across.
And you're, what are you going to do, what are you going to win this year?
You're going to call him for the match this year?
That's right, well, this was a great one, you know.
I had read, you know, at the end of the year, I read the summary of the year, and the call, and the big time.
Huh?
You didn't want the money, did you?
Ah, yeah.
No, you wanted to listen.
You just wanted to listen.
All right.
But the boy was just winning it by two strokes.
That was great.
Well, we wish you the best.
Now, look, don't, don't, I mean, I don't, don't agree with that.
Bye.
All right.
One day we've got to play.
I'm going to play with you.
I was talking to Bob Wilber earlier today, and he said, God damn it, you lose.
All right, all right, with funny strokes.
All right, bye.
Good to talk to you.
Bye.
Give my best to your wife.
Bye, bye.

NARA Description

On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Arnold Palmer met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:02 pm to 7:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 410-049 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 410-49

Date: March 15, 1973
Time: 7:02 pm – 7:04 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                        (rev. Sept.10)
                                                                Conversation No. 410-49 (cont’d)

The President talked with Arnold Palmer.

[See Conversation No. 43-113A]

Also recorded on March 16, 1973

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  • 410-048 7:01 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:01 pm to 7:02 pm.
  • 037-125 7:10 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:10 pm and 7:43 pm.
  • 410-050 7:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:14 pm to 7:18 pm.
  • 410-051 7:18 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:18 pm and 7:30 pm.
  • 037-126 7:43 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 7:43 pm to 7:44 pm.
  • 881-001 10:14 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:14 am and 10:18 am.
  • 881-002 10:18 AM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:18 am to 10:33 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 410-049, March 16, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/410-049 (accessed October 12, 2026).