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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Horschel consistently chatted up and down the fairways with playing partner Ryan Fox, an affable, unflappable 39-year-old New Zealander.
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Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
More cheers rang out across Riviera — Max Greyserman with a hole-in-one on the 14th, Tommy Fleetwood jarring one for eagle from the fairway on the 15th, and Kitayama stuffing his tee shot on the par-3 16th and then barely clearing the bunker to set up a two-putt birdie on the par-5 17th.
—CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
The Royal Singapore abuts the Tahquitz Creek golf course with the third fairway obscured behind hedging.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2026
Players are hitting the fairway 60 percent of the time, and that collection of GIRs 63 percent of the time.
—Keith Stewart, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
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Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
More cheers rang out across Riviera — Max Greyserman with a hole-in-one on the 14th, Tommy Fleetwood jarring one for eagle from the fairway on the 15th, and Kitayama stuffing his tee shot on the par-3 16th and then barely clearing the bunker to set up a two-putt birdie on the par-5 17th.
—CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
The Royal Singapore abuts the Tahquitz Creek golf course with the third fairway obscured behind hedging.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2026
Players are hitting the fairway 60 percent of the time, and that collection of GIRs 63 percent of the time.
—Keith Stewart, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Fairway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fairway. Accessed 10 Mar. 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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