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fairway

[ fair-wey ]

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noun

an unobstructed passage, way, or area.
Golf.
1. the part of the course where the grass is cut short between the tees and the putting greens, exclusive of the rough, trees, and hazards:
  More important than long drives is keeping your ball on the fairway.
2. the mowed part of any hole between the tee and the green:
  The foursome is now on the tenth fairway.
Nautical.
1. the navigable portion of a river, harbor, or other partly enclosed body of water.
2. the channel customarily navigated by vessels in such a body of water.

fairway

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(on a golf course) the areas of shorter grass between the tees and greens, esp the avenue approaching a green bordered by rough
nautical
1. the navigable part of a river, harbour, etc
2. the customary course followed by vessels

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Origin of fairway¹

1515–25; 1905–10 fairway fordef 2; fair ¹ + way ¹

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The ball, however, ricocheted off the tree and toward the fairway rather than out of bounds.

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Then, just as he did on the first hole, McIlroy wound up with his drive in a fairway bunker on No. 2.

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The separation of the ninth and first fairways is less cluttered.

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Arnold Palmer charged down the fairways of the world surrounded by an army of semi-unhinged followers.

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Scheffler, who won last year's Masters, hit only five fairways on Friday and also knows he will have to do better to challenge over the weekend.

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