Some of these are amazingly bad holes. But at least none of them has a twenty-foot-high mesh fence that is an integral playing feature of the hole.
The description of the 210-yard par 3 14th at the Juniper Hill Lakeside course in Northboro, Mass., quoted from the course's promotional site:
"THE TOUGHEST HOLE ON THE COURSE is nearly surrounded by wetlands. The fence (an obstruction) behind the green is a target for those that can't hit the small landing area around the green."
It's hard to see in the photo, but the fence is over the back right corner of the green. The green is directly surrounded by marsh front right, front left, and long left. The fence about forty feet long -- so not a particularly large target to hit about 230 yards away from the tee -- and is in a narrow strip of hard pine needles between the green and more marsh -- so if you miss it left or right, the ball is long gone. There also are a few trees there, and if you do manage to hit the fence there's a decent chance you'll end up behind one.
But it really is true that the only reason the fence was put there is so that players can aim at it! Not for safety (there is nothing behind it except). Not for any environmental reason. Not because of a lawsuit.
They put it in about 10 or 15 years ago, in response to complaints that the hole was too hard. Which it was. But now it's only very slightly easier, and also is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen on a golf course.