CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- They are just numbers, usually separated by a bunch of commas and with zeros at the end. In this case, they signify prize money in golf, figures that have grown so large as to make us numb.
No longer used as the benchmark to determine standings on the PGA Tour, money is nonetheless still important. FedEx points don't' spend, but the cold, hard cash does. And if you are a professional golfer paying your own way around the country while struggling to make pars, those big numbers can seem but a dream.
So there was Max Homa on Sunday at Quail Hollow, seemingly cruising to his first PGA Tour victory with a 4-under-par 67 at the Wells Fargo Championship, and $1.