Rory's Suit: Golfers Can't Wear Plaid Off The Course?

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Rory McIlroy's suit selection for his Manchester United trophy celebration Saturday drew out the retired (six days) Tweeter extraordinaire Ian Poulter, who wore the same suit to Wimbledon earlier this year. Minus the Manchester red socks. The Independent with a round-up of the "jibe" taken by Poulter and Amanda Ferguson reports on the Twitter outrage, which went so far as to blame McIlroy for Manchester's 2-1 loss.

But it was the Telegraph's Frances Burscough who took Rory to task for his fashion sense because as a golfer, he can't be loud on the course and off.

Once he's handed his irons back to the caddy, shaken up a magnum of bubbly and kissed his silverware for the cameras it's time to step away from the clown outfits and slip into something more comfortable.

Instead, he turned up to a personal appearance at Old Trafford on Saturday, doing a lap of honour with his famous Claret Jug looking like he was on his way to audition for the parish hall production of Toad of Toad Hall.

So what was he thinking? Well, I suspect he read somewhere that bold black, white and grey Prince of Wales check was making a comeback in menswear. But, being a golfer and therefore blissfully unaware of the rule that less is more, he just ordered everything in that one design. I wouldn't be surprised if his underwear was checked too.

The Poulter Tweet with the Rory comeback...