Published: Aug 20, 2012 09:23:21 AM Updated: Mar 27, 2013 11:36:22 AM

Who knows the PGA TOUR pros better than their significant others? No, we're not talking about their caddies, but the PGA TOUR wives, who play such an important support role as their husbands grind out a living each week. PGATOUR.COM is asking TOUR wives to give us 18 things we should know about their husbands.

Jason Dufner enters this week's PGA Championship as one of the favorites -- and it's a far cry from this time a year ago, when he nearly shocked the PGA TOUR by taking the PGA Championship for his first career victory.

But it didn't happen. Instead, he lost in a playoff to Keegan Bradley, sending Dufner to one of the more bitter defeats seen in recent major championship history.

Instead of regressing from his near-triumph, Dufner went on to become the hottest player on the PGA TOUR in April and May. He stormed to his first win at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, won the HP Byron Nelson Championship and nearly won again the next week at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. He followed it up with an outstanding fourth-place finish at the U.S. Open.

And, oh yeah, he married his longtime girlfriend, Amanda, not long after becoming a PGA TOUR winner.

Now ranked third in the FedExCup race and eighth in the Official World Golf Ranking, Dufner is on the short list to win this week at Kiawah Island and avenge his loss at Atlanta Athletic Club.

Ahead of the year's final major, the new Mrs. Dufner gives insight on her 35-year-old husband.

Writes Amanda:

Jason and I were introduced through mutual family friends in Auburn. Neither of us were expecting to meet and definitely were caught off guard. It took him awhile to call but when he finally did we found time in his busy travel schedule to meet for a date in New Orleans. Needless to say, the stars aligned from there. Very fitting his first victory was there too!!

Amanda Dufner's 18 things about her husband, Jason

As a child he was into baseball and basketball. All his friends called him hot dog. He hates tomatoes. He loves to watch all college football games but Auburn football is like watching his family out there. He is beyond organized. He always makes lists for everything. He carries them around in paper notebooks but also has a back up on his computer. His grandparents came over from Germany so as a child he always ate authentic German food -- and still loves it. He wasn't raised in the south but is a true southern gentleman. He always opens the door for me. He doesn't read the newspaper but checks out the news on his iPad every morning... including TMZ. He is fascinated by animals. He can sit at the zoo for hours just watching one animal. He can't wait to be a dad. I think he will be amazing. That will be his true calling. He is from Ohio --- and loves Skyline Chili. We happened to pass one in Tampa while on TOUR and now we have to hit it up every year. This year we ate there four nights in a row!! He is a statistics junky pertaining to all sports -- not just golf. He can answer the most random questions from even the most obscure teams and seasons. As a child he remembers riding around in his dad's Dodge Challenger. That has always been his dream car to have one customized. Finally after five years of deliberation he got it! He is very involved with the Auburn University golf team. He loves mentoring the boys and helping in any way he can. I think maybe when he retires he would love to become some type of consultant for the team. He is the most loyal person I have ever met. He has had the same caddie for over 12 years, the majority of his friends have been around for years and he always stays true to his team. He loves to collect sports memorabilia. He will even carry around items if there is even a small chance he can get a signature. He would drink 10 Coca-Colas a day if I would let him. He only listens to rap music. He probably would love to hang out with Rick Ross (The Boss) one day. He is so funny. Once he gets to know you he will keep you laughing!

 Courtesy of the PGATOUR.com