Otumoetai Golf Club is spending nearly $18,000 to fix a problem that threatens the playing surface of its greens.
The club, which celebrates its 50th anniversary next March, is drilling a new freshwater bore after the old one began to fail.
Club president Brian Jones said the old bore had lasted 20 years but needed to be replaced when sand and sludge started getting pumped up with the water.
He said they required lots of water during the summer to maintain the course, particularly the closely mown greens.
The five-day job will remove a potential headache for the club which now enjoyed nearly uninterrupted golf as a result of the council spending $3.4 million to upgrade stormwater systems above and around the course which is a natural stormwater basin.