I believe you are referring to the walk between the 14th green and the 15th tee. #14 is the fine short par 5, and when the hole is completed, the players walk up a dune to the 15th tee. The 15th is my choice for best hole on the course, dramatic and beautiful. The course then finishes with a mid-length dogleg right par 4, a postage stamp par 3, and a medium long dogleg left par 4 with a steeply sloped green.
The walk between #14 and #15 is maybe 50-75 yards, and if I remember correctly, it is the only long walk between holes. That's an intangible aspect of Friar's Head. On every(?) other hole, you just walk off the green a few yards and tee off. The exceptionally short green to tee walks help make the pace of play excellent.
Michael, thanks for the opening post. Pacific Dunes fares very well in this type of hole-by-hole analysis. It has an excellent variety of rather unique holes. Any time I've compared Pac Dunes to another course this way, it wins. Not that I've tried it all that many times.
Comparing my preferences between holes at these great courses, I arrive at different conclusions in quite a few instances. That's the beauty of this analysis style. People like different things. There may even be a desire to play devil's advocate and disagree for the sake of debate. For instance, I agree with Mike Nuzzo that holes #10 and #15 at Friar's Head are amazing. But some of my other favorites there, like #4, are quirky, less popular choices. Among my other faves are #2, #6, #8, #13, #14 and #16.