Karen Schacht Farrell
Karen Farrell
AGCC Owner
Karen Farrell was born a native Alvinite, and is directly descended from one of the original settling families of the Alvin-Manvel area (the Booths). Her grandparents, Art & Ethelind Schacht were founding members of AGCC. She is very happily married to the other owner of the club, Pat Farrell, whom she met in college. Karen and Pat went to the University of Houston-Downtown, where they both graduated with honors, Karen with a 4.0 GPA. Karen was the student representative (valedictorian) of her class.
Karen and Pat have three children, Misty, Sarah, and Sean. Pat and Karen have lived in Alvin since 1995, moving here a month after their marriage to care for her grandfather after her grandmother passed away.
"Though it was hard to see him decline with Alzheimer's, his stories of dancing in the 30s and of playing baseball in the minors and welding in the Gulf are stories we'll always remember. We thank him for bringing us to Alvin, and we treasure every bit of the five years that we had with him, even the hard times," Karen recalls.
By trade, Karen is a technical writer and web designer who owns her own business, Farrell Documentation, which designed, developed, and maintains this website. She does contract writing and web design for various clients. She worked full-time at BMC Software with Pat until a month after they bought the club when she realized she couldn't keep working two 60-hour-per-week jobs and keep her family, and she resigned to devote herself to the new venture.
When not engaged in either running the club or designing websites, you can find her at a baseball field, watching her son play on a select team or watching Alvin High School Yellowjackets Baseball, whom Alvin Golf & Country Club sponsors. Her favorite things about owning Alvin Golf & Country Club are being her own boss, making people happy, and keeping the tradition alive.
