1
a
: a navigable part of a river, bay, or harbor
b
: an open path or space
2
: the closely mowed part of a golf course between a tee and a green
Examples of fairway in a Sentence
Her shot landed at the left side of the fairway.
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Clark had a collection of par saves around the turn as Scottie Scheffler was making a move and poured it on with a fairway metal to get within four feet for eagle on the par-five 16th for an even-par 70 that gave him a six-shot lead.
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Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
This family ski resort lies southwest of Traverse City and has two eighteens, which offer a nice variety of challenge, on Mountain Ridge with its more dramatic elevation changes and the more user friendly, playable Betsie Valley with its flatter tree lined fairways.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
That’s not what made Tommy Fleetwood a favorite among his peers and the fans that line fairways around the world.
—Nick Pietruszkiewicz, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2026
From thick rough right of the 18th fairway, his wedge went right and some 60 feet away from the pin.
—Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
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Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
This family ski resort lies southwest of Traverse City and has two eighteens, which offer a nice variety of challenge, on Mountain Ridge with its more dramatic elevation changes and the more user friendly, playable Betsie Valley with its flatter tree lined fairways.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
That’s not what made Tommy Fleetwood a favorite among his peers and the fans that line fairways around the world.
—Nick Pietruszkiewicz, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2026
From thick rough right of the 18th fairway, his wedge went right and some 60 feet away from the pin.
—Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
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“Fairway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fairway. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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fairway
noun
fair·way
ˈfa(ə)r-ˌwā 
ˈfe(ə)r-
: the mowed part of a golf course between a tee and a green
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