A good working relationship between Morden's Minnewasta Golf and Country Club and Enbridge Pipelines has made the repair project on hole five as smooth as possible.

Club president Kevin Pauls says as much as the project is an inconvenience in the short-term, the long-term benefits outweigh the challenges.

"It does enable us to do a lot of stuff. It gives us some financial freedoms because we have a very good working relationship with them," says Pauls.

Pauls notes during Enbridge's tenure at the course they've negotiated a 'daily interruption fee'. Money collected from this fee has helped improve the course in many different ways: structuring to the path through the course, re-shaping hole five among others will be possible because the pipeline has come to complete its work on the course again.

Enbridge Pipelines Spokesperson Suzanne Wilton says the company is doing a number of repair projects around the City of Morden as well.

"We have a very extensive integrity and maintenance program," Wilton says. "The work we are doing at the Minnewasta Golf and Country Club is to ensure the on-going safe operation of our pipeline and the surrounding environment."

According to Pauls, Enbridge is implementing plans for the future, which hopefully would secure things for the long term.

Wilton says the primary work will continue into November with the remedial work being complete afterward.

It's Pauls' goal to have the course back up and running sometime next spring.