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My ball is in a bunker with a very high and difficult-to-play face. I have alrea

{"status":"advice","headline":"PENALTY: 1 OR 2 STROKES, DEPENDING ON THE RELIEF OPTION","action":"You may treat the ball as unplayable in the bunker. The two strokes you already made count in your score, but they are not penalty strokes.","rule":"Rule 19.3","rule_code":"Rule 19.3","rule_title":"Unplayable Ball in Bunker","rule_summary":"Under the Rules of Golf by the R&A and USGA, when a ball is unplayable in a bunker, you generally have relief options for 1 penalty stroke that keep the relief in the bunker. You also have an extra back-on-the-line option outside the bunker for 2 penalty strokes.","penalty_strokes":null,"situation":"Your ball is still in the bunker after two attempted strokes, and you now want unplayable ball relief.","options":[{"id":"A","text":"Stroke-and-distance relief: go back and play from where your last stroke was made.","penalty":1,"procedure":"Add 1 penalty stroke and play from the spot of the previous stroke."},{"id":"B","text":"Back-on-the-line relief in the bunker.","penalty":1,"procedure":"Drop in the bunker on a line going straight back from the hole through the ball’s spot."},{"id":"C","text":"Lateral relief in the bunker.","penalty":1,"procedure":"Drop in the bunker within two club-lengths of the ball’s spot, not nearer the hole."},{"id":"D","text":"Back-on-the-line relief outside the bunker.","penalty":2,"procedure":"Drop outside the bunker on a line going straight back from the hole through the ball’s spot."}],"suggestion":"If your goal is to get out of the bunker without playing over the high face, the outside-the-bunker option costs 2 penalty strokes. Your score for the hole would include your original strokes, the two bunker strokes already made, plus those penalty strokes and any strokes after relief.","procedure":null,"branches":[],"clarifying_question":null,"answer_options":[],"clarifying_questions":[],"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"}

My ball is in a bunker with a very high and difficult-to-play face. I have alrea

My ball is in a bunker with a very high and difficult-to-play face. I have already made two strokes without getting the ball out. Now I want to take relief from

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