The trailer looks good. I'm looking forward to the airing of the program. Let's remember the audience is more of the general public, and will attract generally interested golfers as well as non-golfers. As we all know, the mainstream average American golfer is not all that tuned into the details of history and philosophy of golf course architecture. Most golfers rarely think about GCA.
So, I look at this program with the inclusion of Ron Whitten (and how Ron comes off in the program trailer) much the same as Ron's role was to introduce people (like myself) through Geoffrey Cornish and his book, "The Golf Course and Architects of Golf", published in the 80s. I think Ron deserves this recognition because he was a leader in revealing the subject and turning many hobbiest armchair architects into fanatics, many of whom inhabit this website.
I continue to believe, and have said for a long time, the real format to do this subject justice would be a Ken Burns, Florentine Documentary films project that would follow their format of other historical examinations of various movements and events in our history. Burns treatment of Baseball, Jazz, Core of Discovery, and all the rest, most notably Civil War would be the perfect media vehicle to cover the subject in more of an advanced examination.
But, as what the trailer seems to suggests, the PBS effort looks wonderful, and a proper introduction to invite golfers to learn more about the subject of GCA. Perhaps it will even have a beneficial effect to divert general public perceptions away from many of the distractions of product marketing that has led to the over-designed and costly trends in GCA, and get folks thinking more about the roots/origins and core principles of the game.