Lowry’s mission now is to set a new standard

If the video clips doing the rounds on social media yesterday are anything to believe, Shane Lowry has been living up to his pledge to enjoy his magnificent and well-deserved Open Championship victory.

Yet on Sunday night as the famous Claret Jug sat by the side of golf’s newest major champion, the sixth Irishman to win a major following Fred Daly, Pádraig Harrington, Graeme McDowell, Darren Clarke, and Rory McIlroy, Lowry’s plans for the celebration were decidedly short-term.