I walk and carry on the executive courses, although some of them have a good hike between one green and the next tee. The groups I play with are mostly in carts, but have no problem with walkers and we keep up with the players in front. I see some others with pull or push carts, but we are definitely a minority. I would say walking is welcomed on the execs as they rent pull carts at the starter buildings.
On the championship courses, I usually ride because I will get too tired and hot walking 18 and it seems harder to keep up. I don't think walking is discouraged, though.
My carry bag has the twin straps and I would not use a single strap bag. The two straps distribute the weight across both shoulders. However, I'm seeing articles that assert that walking/carrying is not good for the back, although I don't have any problem and I've been doing this for about 50 years.
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