What are Christel Boeljon's favorite things? Did you know her favorite food is Japanese and her favorite store is Best Buy? She also loves Grey's Anatomy.

LPGA Tour members Morgan Pressel and Sara Brown joined LPGA Futures Tour member Blair O’Neal to kick off the 2011 Avnet LPGA Classic in Mobile, Ala. on Tuesday by getting a chance to learn about the birthplace of Mardi Gras. While New Orleans is the city most associated with the annual festival, Mardi Gras actually began in Mobile and the trio of golfers took a tour of the Mobile Carnival Museum in downtown Mobile.

Six-year-old Bailey Warren of Fultondale, Alabama met her hero, 2009 U.S. Solheim Cup Team member Kristy McPherson, on Wednesday at the Avnet LPGA Classic. Bailey suffers from the same arthritis that McPherson, who was diagnosed at age 12, deals with every day of her life.