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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After hooking his tee shot into trees on the adjacent 16th hole, Scheffler punched out, walked back to the 18th fairway, and shot over tents and trees to land 40 feet from the flag.
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Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
For decades, the creek that ran alongside hole #11, across its fairway and then across the #16 fairway, was a flowing stream running mostly over a concrete culvert.
—Steven Franck, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
For now, the Orange County flagship in Tustin is a standalone, but Fogel has his eyes on a wider fairway.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
My fairway long shots were relatively solid.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
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Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
For decades, the creek that ran alongside hole #11, across its fairway and then across the #16 fairway, was a flowing stream running mostly over a concrete culvert.
—Steven Franck, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
For now, the Orange County flagship in Tustin is a standalone, but Fogel has his eyes on a wider fairway.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
My fairway long shots were relatively solid.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Fairway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fairway. Accessed 13 Sep. 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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