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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Some trees were kept near a few greens and fairways to add to the strategy needed by players to navigate the course.
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Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Knapp played aggressively, hitting the fairway with his 328-yard tee shot and reaching the green with an excellent second shot.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
And those shots need to come from the fairway, not the rough, to help give the golfers more control over the placement.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 25 June 2025
Walking down the 18th fairway, staring into tens of thousands of spectators who lined the perimeter ready to watch what would’ve been his first-ever PGA Tour win, the Englishman came up short of the green with his shot from the fairway.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2025
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Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Knapp played aggressively, hitting the fairway with his 328-yard tee shot and reaching the green with an excellent second shot.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
And those shots need to come from the fairway, not the rough, to help give the golfers more control over the placement.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 25 June 2025
Walking down the 18th fairway, staring into tens of thousands of spectators who lined the perimeter ready to watch what would’ve been his first-ever PGA Tour win, the Englishman came up short of the green with his shot from the fairway.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2025
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“Fairway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fairway. Accessed 20 Jul. 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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