Please forgive Justin Rose if he doesn’t have his best stuff in this week’s Barclays Championship at Bethpage Black.

He has had a few big things going on in his life of late that could prove too distracting. Separation anxiety, for starters.

Since Rose captured the Olympic gold medal for men’s golf two weeks ago in Rio, the medal has not left his side. He has dined with it, slept with it, traveled with it, shared it with his wife, Kate, and son, Leo, who Rose said has been wearing it more often than he has since he won it.

Yet when Rose tees it up Thursday morning at 7:42 on No. 10 alongside Zach Johnson and Kyle Reifers for his opening round of the Barclays, he’s going to have to forget about the medal and move onto the next thing.

If that’s even possible, given human nature and all.

“I’ve had it on me a lot,’’ Rose said Tuesday of his gold medal.

The gold medal is more mobile than the most iconic awards in golf. The Claret Jug, awarded to the British Open winner, can be cumbersome, though the fancy wine always tastes a little more expensive and exclusive when sipped from it.

Masters winners don’t want to wrinkle the green jacket or risk besmirching its otherworldly status for fear of insulting the almighty souls who run Augusta National should they be seen doing something salty with it (Phil Mickelson was criticized for wearing it while at a Krispy Kreme drive-thru the morning after he won his first, for goodness sake).

“[It’s] much easier to travel with than a normal trophy,’’ Rose said. “You can just kind of slip it in your pocket and then carry on. So yeah, it is traveling with me, yeah. It’s around.’’

Rose did not have the medal with him at the course on Tuesday; it was back at his hotel, presumably locked away in a safe. But he did not rule out carrying it with him in his bag during the tournament — or at least for Wednesday’s pro-am practice round.

“A few people have mentioned, ‘Where is it,’ so maybe it’s something that I can keep in the golf bag or pop in the locker or something,’’ Rose said. “It’s a unique and iconic thing, Olympic gold. Everyone wants to feel the weight of it. That’s what’s curious about it. Everyone wants to see, ‘Oh, how heavy is it?’

“It’s definitely an iconic piece of hardware. It does capture a lot of people’s imagination and they are excited to see it and feel it and hold it. That’s been the unique thing about the medal versus a trophy. You can drink out of the Claret Jug and I guess the Olympic gold would be a nice coaster for the glass of wine.’’

The gold medal, too, will provide a unique challenge to Rose, who is faced with raising his adrenaline and his game so soon after winning what probably was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for him.

Since when does having the chance to play for a $10 million payday — the winner’s share of the Tour Championship at the end of these FedEx Cup playoffs — take a back seat to anything else in golf?

But no one has faced this before. How is it possible that Rose, who is 51st in the FedEx Cup points standings and needs a good week to help position him to get into the Tour Championship, avoids a letdown this week?

“Yeah, I think it is probably human nature for sure,’’ he said. “It’s going to be difficult.’’

In winning that Olympic gold, Rose — who has not been in good form this year and has battled an injury — proved his mettle in the mind-over-matter game. He was one of the few top players who embraced being a part of the Olympics while the game’s top stars wanted no part of it for reasons varying from Zika to poor security to downright disinterest.

So it was fitting — and no surprise — that Rose would win.

“Obviously, everybody who didn’t go is a world-class player and I think we all know who we are talking about, and they are all competitive guys and they all want a piece of the action,’’ Rose said, referring to the likes of Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, Jason Day and Dustin Johnson. “I’m pretty sure that they are going to probably want to have a good run at it in 2020.

“I saw it as an opportunity.’’