Army's first golfer to be named an All-American, Pembrook was a 1964 graduate that played four varsity seasons of golf at West Point. He was a four-time letterwinner and a team captain as a senior.
Pembrook was a three-time NCAA individual qualifier his last three seasons on the course and member of a pair of teams that finished second and third in the Eastern Intercollegiates.
Pembrook was a two-time medalist at the Eastern Collegiate Golf Championship (1962, 1964) and was the low qualifier in 1962. He was a finalist in the 1964 Eastern Collegiate Match Play Championship after finishing as a semifinalist in 1963 and a quarterfinalist in 1962.