Shane Lowry is finally back to playing competitive golf after the Irishman’s epic win at the British Open on his home island last month. A video of the after-party went viral, with Lowry holding a pint in one hand and the Claret Jug in the other, standing on a chair and singing the traditional Irish tune, “The Fields of Athenry.”

“There was plenty more moments from that night that wasn’t captured on video — thankfully,” Lowry joked Wednesday on the eve of the first round of the Northern Trust at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City. “Look, it’s changed my life a little bit. I’m definitely more recognized now and even coming over here to events. But if anything, when you [win] like that, it makes you feel more comfortable.”

Lowry said the most surreal moment as champion came when he got a standing ovation from 60,000 people at Croke Park in Dublin before a hurling semifinal between Kilkenny and Limerick.

It’s not as if Brooks Koepka was in the bread line, but the four-time major champion happily collected another big-time check, the $1 million award for winning the season-long Aon Risk-Reward Challenge.

The award came from the cumulative score on one hole per tournament over 18 tournaments throughout the year. As for counting his money, Koepka leaves that to someone else.

“I don’t do it,” said Koepka, likely to repeat as PGA Tour Player of the Year. “I get updates from my financial people all the time, but I don’t do it. It doesn’t matter to me. I just love the competition.”

Koepka did remember the first time he cashed a big check for playing professional golf. That came at the 2013 Frys.com Open, when he was on a sponsor’s invite, blew a late lead and finished tied for third, making $240,000. Now he has over $30 million in just career earnings on Tour.

“I always say to people, I think back to when I’m 5 years old, and you wanted to be the best player in the world,” Koepka said. “I always wanted to be Adam Scott and Tiger Woods and all these guys. When I thought about that, all I was thinking about was I wanted to be the best player in the world.”

Only half the field was able to complete the pro-am on Wednesday before thunderstorms rolled in and closed the golf course and practice facility around 3 p.m.

Slow play has been a constant topic of conversation on Tour this season, and Rory McIlroy has a pretty simple solution — enforce the rules.

“It should be a warning and then a shot [penalty],” McIlroy said. “It should be you’re put on the clock and that is your warning, and then if you get a bad time while on the clock, it’s a shot. That will stamp it out right away.

“I don’t understand why we can’t just implement that.”