SHANGHAI — Russell Knox went to Malaysia unsure if he would be flying east to the United States or north to China on Sunday night. It turned out he did neither.
Knox, a Scotsman, was hoping he would get a spot in his first WGC-HSBC Champions when he left the U.S., but as an alternate he had to wait for a spot until J.B. Holmes pulled out on Thursday.
That started a chain reaction that sent Knox’s wife, Andrea, to the Chinese embassy in Kuala Lumpur on Friday to get the two visas, which they would not get until Monday, delaying their trip to Shanghai by a day.