My husband, the TOUR pro: 18 things about Simpson

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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. (For more information about the PGA TOUR wives and their charities, please click here.)

For our newest feature in this series, Dowd Simpson has provided her list about husband Webb, who won two PGA TOUR events this year and finished second in the FedExCup standings. Webb is also a member of the United States team that will take on the International team in The Presidents Cup next week.

PREVIOUS '18 THINGS ABOUT': Courtney on Kevin Streelman | Stacy on Charley Hoffman | Amy on Mark Wilson | Heather on Ben Crane | Amanda on Justin Leonard | Amanda on Jonathan Byrd

Writes Dowd:

Webb and I met at Wake Forest University. I was a sophomore and he was a freshman. But there was a lot leading up to our introduction. Maggie Simons was my best friend my freshman year. We met the first week of school and were inseparable. Maggie grew up playing golf with Webb in Raleigh. When Webb committed to Wake Forest the spring of my freshman year, she told me that "my future husband was coming to Wake next year," which I obviously laughed off. The last thing I was looking for in college, especially going into my sophomore year, was my husband.

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Maggie was making her debut that fall, so there were a number of parties during the summer leading up to it, one of which was in Raleigh. I remember meeting Webb's father like it happened yesterday. He was casually lounging on the couch, one leg crossed over the other, and drinking a Diet Coke out of a very large Styrofoam cup. He called me over, introduced himself and said he would pay me $100 to take out his son when he came to Wake Forest next year -- something about wanting his son to be seen around campus with an older girl. Clearly a man with a sense of humor, I responded that if he was half as cute as him, I would do it for free. So, fast forward a couple more weeks, and it's the start of a new school year.

When we are telling the story together, this is usually when Webb steps in. I love to listen to him tell his side of it all, but I'll do my best to tell what he usually shares. The first night he got to Wake he went to a bunch of different fraternity parties, but it wasn't until the last stop that he actually got excited. He says that he was in the basement of a frat house and looked across the room and he saw "the girl his dad described." In fact, he even called his dad to have him describe her again. Webb tried to get some of his teammates to go and ask the girl her name but for whatever reason it never happened. So the next day, Maggie asked me if I wanted to go and meet Webb. I nonchalantly conceded, went over to his dorm and walked in the door. He was sitting backwards on his desk chair, A.C. Slater-style, trying to be cool, I guess. I couldn't help but smile. He says in his part of the story that I was the girl from the basement the other night, the girl that his dad had described and the girl that Maggie said was going to be his future wife. Sure enough, the rest is history and we are just that, husband and wife.

If it were possible, Webb would survive on drinks alone. His favorites are Coke, Diet Coke with crushed ice, water, Gatorade (the purple color), Coors Light, Heineken, the occasional Corona (but it has to have a lime), Blue Moon with an orange slice, lemonade and coffee. He loves his Keurig.  He's addicted to flossing.  Noises drive him crazy. Ticking clocks, clicking fans, rattling cars, squishy shoes. Everything. He can't stop thinking about it until he's searched out the source and made it stop.  He can not dance.  He has a fat person that lives inside him. That person will always emerge on Sunday after a round when we order pizza from our favorite pizza place and on Monday morning when I make his favorite breakfast: homemade cinnamon rolls, pancakes, cheesy scrambled eggs, thick-cut peppered bacon, toast, fruit and of course, a Diet Coke.   He loves the movies. We use to see a movie after every early morning round. Now we are glued to watching our sweet baby boy, James.  He loves snakes. He will actually go looking for them. If we are near a field or a swamp, he hops in a golf cart with him buddies and seeks them out.  He is the best dad in the world! He loves spending one-on-one time with Jamesy boy while giving mommy time to herself.  He is one of six kids, second to the last.  He snores like a freight train. We have to have a fan plus a noisemaker going just to dull it down. When he travels and I am unable to go with him, he and his caddy Paul Tesori stay together. Paul snores too. I am sure the entire floor hears them.  Contrary to the mainstream, he is one of the few people who loves the NBA over college basketball.  His favorite actors are Leonardo DiCaprio and Denzel Washington. All of his favorite movies have either one of these two men in then. It doesn't matter if the movie was horrible, he believes it was the best just because they were in it.  Do not break into our house. Webb has an attack plan that includes a tazer, knives and a 9mm pistol.  For as long as he lives he will always drive a Chevy.  Webb could eat out every meal for the rest of his life and be happy, especially fast food. His favorite is Chick-Fil-A.  He has to be within three hours of water. He loves the beach -- especially if there is a yellow lab on it!  He knows all of the oldies songs from the 60s. Quiz him.  He doesn't sleep on Sundays.