Paul, I cannot speak for JC, but he touches on the most important aspect. He calls it rythm, I call it ebb and flow. I suspect they are the same thing. It's kind of funny... cause the best analogy I often think of is one the supremes definition of pornography. I know it when I see it. However, the other day I was at a place where the flow was all wrong and quantifiable.
It all started on the tenth hole, a side designed by someone completely different than the frontside. This tenth hole was a long par 5 with a landing area that seemed teensy from the tee, and in reality, was even smaller. In other words, the hole was a real ball buster. It belonged much later in the flow, and just ended-up making the remainder anti-climactic.