Karen Shull MacGee
Player - Amateur
Class of 2016
Karen MacGee, of Overland Park, was arguably the best amateur golfer – male or female – in the Kansas City area for more than two decades. Her playing record speaks volumes:
12 state amateur championships in between 1960 and 1979 (seven in Missouri, five in Kansas)
8 KC Women’s Match Play championships from 1958 to 1980
7 appearances in USGA Women’s Amateur from 1960 to 1979
4 appearances in the Women’s Trans-Miss Championship from 1958 to 1965
5 appearances in the Women’s Western Amateur from 1957 to 1972
Women’s Intercollegiate National runner-up 1961
4-time KCGA Woman Amateur Player of the year
Karen was also inducted into the Kansas City Golf Association Hall of Fame in 2014.
In addition to her golf accomplishments, Karen earned a Masters in Education and taught in the Shawnee Mission and Kansas City school districts. She obtained a degree in Nursing and worked as a Coronary ICU nurse, later moving to administration with managed care providers. She has three sons and six grandchildren, all of whom live in the Kansas City area.
