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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At the 2024 Masters, his hole-out from the fairway on No. 18 lit the Augusta National patrons ablaze.
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Troy Finnegan, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
The average proximity numbers — from the fairway, from the rough, overall — all were the most difficult of any course, major or otherwise, in the ’17 season.
—Justin Ray, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Where fairways turn wild Some 300 miles south of San Geronimo, the former Ocean Meadows Golf Course in Santa Barbara has undergone a similar transformation.
—Stephanie Hanes, Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2025
The ball, however, ricocheted off the tree and toward the fairway rather than out of bounds.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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Troy Finnegan, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
The average proximity numbers — from the fairway, from the rough, overall — all were the most difficult of any course, major or otherwise, in the ’17 season.
—Justin Ray, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Where fairways turn wild Some 300 miles south of San Geronimo, the former Ocean Meadows Golf Course in Santa Barbara has undergone a similar transformation.
—Stephanie Hanes, Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2025
The ball, however, ricocheted off the tree and toward the fairway rather than out of bounds.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Fairway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fairway. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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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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