Par 27 is a Canadian

Television in Canada

Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...

 sports television series which aired on CBC Television

CBC Television

CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

 from 1978 to 1980.

Premise

Each episode featured a contest between two golfers who each played nine balls towards a hole. Each shot was rated at par 3, thus the total of "Par 27" per player. Of the nine shots per player, three were from the tee, three were situated 50 yards from the green and the remaining three from a bunker. Al Balding

Al Balding

Allan George Balding was a Canadian professional golfer, who won four events on the PGA Tour. In 1955 he became the first Canadian to win a PGA Tour event in the United States; Canadians Ken Black and Jules Huot had won PGA Tour events in Canada in the 1930s.Balding was born in Toronto,...

 provided commentary with host Ernie Afaganis

Ernie Afaganis

Ernie Afaganis is a Canadian sports broadcaster, known for his work at CBC Sports.-Career:After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Washington University, Afaganis returned to Alberta where in 1953 he joined CFRN in Edmonton...

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Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Saturday afternoons as follows:

Season	Dates		Time
1 (1978)	1 April	23 September	12:30 p.m.
2 (1979)	16 June	22 September	2:00 p.m.
3 (1980)	19 July	22 November	2:00 p.m.