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Walk It Tee to Green Challenge

1. Sign up at the Humana booth at any of the three tournaments listed below.
2. Receive a free pedometer.
3. Wear your pedometer each day of the tournament.
4. Return to the booth to record your steps no later than 5 p.m. each day.

At the end of the tournament, we'll announce top steppers

Where to "Walk It"

Valero Texas Open
LaCantera GC
San Antonio, Texas
May 14-17
Golf San Antonio

HP Byron Nelson Championship
TPC Four Seasons Resort
Dallas, Texas
May 21-24
HP Byron Nelson Championship

St. Jude Classic
TPC Southwind
Memphis, Tennessee
June 11-14
St. Jude Classic

Utah Championship
Willow Creek
Sandy, Utah
September 10 – 13
Utah Championship

Walk It Challenge E-Newsletters

As a participant in the Walk It Tee to Green Challenge, you'll receive an e-newsletter for each day of the tournament with helpful information about the benefits of walking and playing golf. You can also read those articles below.

Day 1

• Spectator Strategies: How to see the most action
• Understanding the language of golf
• Can I wear this? Rules of golf fashion at a pro event

Day 2

• What's in a shoe?
• How to be a proper player – notes on golf etiquette
• 8 little-known golf facts

Day 3

• 7 tips for avoiding common golf injuries
• Toms' Tips: 5 pieces of advice from a PGA Pro
• How eating the right foods improve your play

Day 4

• The best exercise for good health
• Got game? A pro's tips for work-life balance
• The First Tee: The World Golf Foundation's youth program

Walk It Tee to Green Sweepstakes

All contestants of the Walk It Tee to Green Challenge are automatically entered in a drawing for a fabulous golf getaway that includes a lesson with a Golf Digest-ranked teaching professional.

Or, you can enter the sweepstakes at Golf Digest Promotions

Why to "Walk It"

Walking could be the single best exercise for improving health. Here are a few of the main health benefits of walking:

Helps prevent type 2 diabetes

The Diabetes Prevention Program showed that walking 150 minutes per week and losing just 7% of your body weight (12-15 pounds) can reduce your risk of diabetes by 58%.

Strengthens your heart

In one study, mortality rates among retired men who walked less than one mile per day were nearly twice that among those who walked more than two miles per day.

Women in the Nurse's Health Study (72,488 female nurses) who walked three hours or more per week reduced their risk of a heart attack or other coronary event by 35% compared with women who did not walk.

Improves brain function

In a study on walking and cognitive function, researchers found that women who walked the equivalent of an easy pace at least 1.5 hours per week had significantly better cognitive function and less cognitive decline than women who walked less than 40 minutes per week. Think about that!

Prevents bone density loss

Research shows that postmenopausal women who walk approximately one mile each day have higher whole-body bone density than women who walk shorter distances, and walking is also effective in slowing the rate of bone loss from the legs.

Helps alleviate symptoms of depression

Walking for 30 minutes, three to five times per week for 12 weeks, reduced symptoms of depression by 47% as measured with a standard depression questionnaire.

Helps reduce the risk of breast cancer

Women who performed the equivalent of one hour and 15 minutes to two-and-a-half hours per week of brisk walking had an 18% decreased risk of breast cancer compared with inactive women.

Improves fitness

A study of sedentary women showed that short bouts of brisk walking (three 10-minute walks per day) resulted in similar improvements in fitness and were at least as effective in decreasing body fatness as long bouts (one 30-minute walk per day).

Reduces risk of colon cancer

Many studies have shown that exercise can prevent colon cancer, and even if an individual person develops colon cancer, the benefits of exercise appear to continue both by increasing quality of life and reducing mortality.

It's green

The more footprints you make the more you reduce your carbon footprint. And that doesn’t just improve your health…it improves everyone's.

The list goes on, but if we continue, there'll be no time for you to start walking!

Source:
"Walking," Richard Weil, www.medicinenet.com