Assorted thoughts:
Hole-by-hole match play can be a fun thought exercise. I personally find that people tend to "halve" holes too infrequently in that format. I also like boxing scoring because sometimes a course throws a real knockout hole in the mix, or conversely, a glass chin hole.
Pebble Beach might not be great at match play, but it's vintage Tyson in the ring.
At the end of the day though, all I really care about when ranking courses I've played is the answer to the question "Where would I most want to play tomorrow?" (all else being equal).
To that end, I think we spend way too much time wrapped up in trying to project some illusion of "which course is best?" to a point where we delegitimize our own preferences. There should be a LOT of room for people to rank four courses in all different orders when those four courses are all heralded enough to be rated by publications as Top 15 Modern.
I haven't played Friar's Head, but I go Bandon Trails > Pacific Dunes > Ballyneal, personally. Incidentally, they're 5, 6, and 7 on my personal list of favorite courses (Pebble is on top, Teeth of the Dog is 4th, and White Bear is 8th with Old Mac at 9).