GREENWOOD, S.C. — Bryson McCurry, the top player on the Greenwood High School golf team, will play his college golf at the NCAA Division I level after signing with Winthrop University during the early signing period. The Winthrop program made the addition official Friday, Nov. 13, with an announcement from its head coach, Kevin Pendley.
The move is a rare one for the Eagles program. Greenwood golf coach Chip Whitt said it has been since 2004 that a Greenwood player last moved up to Division I. Pendley, who will now coach McCurry, is himself a Greenwood High graduate.
Pendley praised McCurry as one of the steadiest junior players anywhere in South Carolina over roughly the past 18 months, and he pointed to the senior’s athletic ability and work ethic as reasons he expects him to fit in with the Eagles of Winthrop.
McCurry’s results back that up. He sits fifth in the overall South Carolina junior rankings and third among players in the class of 2027, and he belongs to the state’s U.S. National Development Team. This year he won the Henry Transou Junior, shared second place at the Jackie Seawell Junior and took second at the state high school league’s 5A Division 2 championship.
His 2026 season also included a fifth-place showing at the SC Junior Championship, third at The Match Play at Congaree, eighth at The Blade Junior and 11th at the USNDP Southeast Team Showcase.
Whitt said McCurry has been the best golfer on the Greenwood roster for several seasons, even when older players were on the team, and that he took on a leadership role after a group of seniors graduated a couple of years ago. Whitt noted that Division I rosters are small, which makes a scholarship spot on a strong program a significant achievement.
McCurry has one more high school season with the Eagles before he heads to Winthrop.
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