[KHTS] – A Santa Clarita golfing club has had to make some adjustments amid the statewide drought, course officials said Tuesday.

“We are alternating course closure(s),” said Robinson Ranch Golf Club Director Rick Howard. adding the course isn’t closing for good. “We have used a vast majority of our allocated water and are trying to get through the end of the year. We will close a few (sections).”

The golf course uses well water from one of the two aquifers in the Santa Clarita Valley, Howard said, and pumps in water from the aquifer to a well once a year.

The club, which is home to nearly 150 golfers, is trying to conserve water for environmental reasons and to be a good neighbor, Howard said.

“Someone misinterpreted what we said to some of the club members about where we were and what we were planning and took it upon themselves to make things right,” Howard said, alluding to what he termed an “inaccurate” CBS article published Monday, reporting the golf course was closing due to the drought. “The groundwater has been declining and the drought conditions are very hard.”

“We do have limited water allocation and have depleted our water allocation for this year,” Howard added.

The golf course uses water from one of the two Santa Clarita aquifers and the CLWA’s Santa Clarita Water Division.

“There is limited water, so were electing to alternate being closed certain days during the month,” Howard said. “We’re trying to be very careful about how we use that allocation.”