With the amount of money on the line at the CCG, were any of the pros tempted to stop for prayer at the roadside chapel on the way to the course?
K.J. Choi made it to Korean Presbyterian Church Sunday before teeing off and winning the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro.
Perhaps some of the high-finishers behind Choi in the tournament pulled off for prayer at the wayside chapel on Liberty Road enroute to Forest Oaks Country Club.
Built in 1963 when Liberty Road was still U.S. 421, the log chapel with a steeple is meant for travelers to pause for prayer and meditation. It surely ranks as the tiniest chapel in Guilford County, with six short pews and a podium for a preacher.
It stands across the highway from Moriah United Methodist Church, founded in 1813. The church owns the chapel, which is a small replica of the first Moriah church.
"I wouldn't be surprised," the Rev. Diane Jones, the church's youth minister, said last week when asked if any golfers had stopped.
No golfer's name jumped off the log book next to the chapel entrance. But signing isn't required. People who do sign often give more than names and addresses. They write essays about the chapel's beauty and serenity.
Jones believe "ambience" best sums up the chapel's appeal. It looks so inviting set back under the trees.
"It's just a quaint and sweet place," she says.
Couples have chosen to get married there. There's room for only 10 or 12 people inside, but the double red doors can be kept open for wedding guests outside to watch and hear the "I do's" being said.
Jones says the church uses the wayside chapel as a teaching tool for children. It helps them understand how far religion has come in America, with Moriah an example.
It has progressed from a log cabin to an impressive brick structure with a long tradition of serving southeast Guilford for what will be 200 years in 2013.