OK,
I'm all for having a greater sense of flow throughout a course, but I'm not sure it is tied to the holes handicap level.
How many of you guys will shoot par on the #1 and #2 holes only to bogey the #16 hcp? I know I've done this enough to actually notice this pattern and on more than one course.
Possibly a mental thing, possibly lack of concentration, however I happen to think it has more to do with how a hole sets up and what makes it difficult.
I for one, am not a long driver (230-250), but I am very good at hitting the fairway, even on whichever side I choose. Since I am not long, I am also very good from 170 to 210 yards out. Many #1 handicap holes are not only long but have hazards placed for both the drive and the approach. These happen to be my strengths.
I might struggle more on a short-ish par 4 where I am left at 130 on the approach with a small green. I could bungle that any number of ways.
My long winded point is that I feel rythm has more to do with the variety of set-up both off the tee and for the approach. Rythm should require you to re-think your strategy on every hole because it presents a completely new set of circumstances.
When you think of it this way, the series could be easy, hard, it could even be two par three's in a row (God forbid) as long as the visuals and the strategy keep changing.