The term thru is used on golf leaderboard to indicate how many holes the player has completed.
In other words, thru indicates how many holes the player is “through” in the tournament.
Here is an example of a leaderboard:
Since this screenshot was taken after round 3 of the Waste Management Open was completed, everyone has an “F” in the thru column. This indicates that all players have finished.
When a round is in progress, you will see a hole number under the “Thru” column on a leaderboard, and that indicates how many holes that player has completed.
If the number “12” appears under the thru column, that means that player has completed 12 holes, and is currently playing hole 13. As soon as they putt out and finish hole 13, their row on the leaderboard will be updated to show 13 under the thru column.
Other Common Golf Leaderboard Abbreviations
F
F means finished, or final. This means that a player has completed their round for the day and their score is final.
R1, R1, R3, R4
R stands for round and indicates what round a player is on.
WD
WD stands for withdrawn and means that a player has chosen to withdraw from the competition, typically due to illness or injury but sometimes due to poor play (although they will never admit to it and instead cite injury/illness as the reason for withdrawing).
Learn more: What does WD mean in golf?
MC
MC stands for missed cut and means that a player missed the cut and will not be playing on the weekend (and won’t make any money that week).
Learn more: What does MC mean in golf?
E
E stands for even and indicates that a player is even par though the round or tournament. Under the score column next to a player’s name, you will either see a positive number, a negative number, or the letter E.
A positive number, such as +3 indicates that the player is 3 over par.
A negative number, such as -13, indicates that the player is 13 under par.
The letter “E” indicates that the player is even par.
Learn more: What does E mean in golf?
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