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I accidentally let my club touch the sand before making my stroke. My friend say

{"status":"clarify","headline":"NEED MORE FACTS | Sand touched before the stroke","action":null,"rule":"Rule 12.2","rule_code":"Rule 12.2","rule_title":"Playing Ball in Bunker","rule_summary":"Under the Rules of Golf by the R&A and USGA, touching sand in a bunker is not always a penalty. It depends on why and where the sand was touched, such as testing the sand, grounding the club right in front of or behind the ball, a practice swing, or the backswing for the stroke.","penalty_strokes":null,"situation":"Your friend may be right only in certain bunker-sand situations, but accidental contact is not automatically a two-stroke penalty.","options":[],"suggestion":null,"procedure":null,"branches":[],"clarifying_question":null,"answer_options":[],"clarifying_questions":[{"id":"ball_location","question":"Was your ball in a bunker when the club touched the sand?","options":["Yes, the ball was in a bunker","No, the ball was not in a bunker"]},{"id":"type_of_touch","question":"How did the club touch the sand?","options":["Accidentally while walking or setting up, not right in front of/behind the ball","Right in front of or right behind the ball before the stroke","During a practice swing","During the backswing for the stroke"]}],"disclaimer":"Grounded in the Rules of Golf – the final ruling always belongs to the people on the course: your group, a referee, or the Committee.","rules_basis":"R_AND_A_USGA"}