FAIRWAY Definition & Meaning

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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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noun

(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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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of fairway¹

1515–25; 1905–10 fairway for def. 2; fair ¹ + way ¹

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Driving the ball into the five-inch deep rough off the par-five fourth fairway, he needed three shots to escape and only a remarkable 30-foot putt limited the damage to a bogey.

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And unlike most recent US Open venues it will not be 'graduated' with shorter grass nearer the immaculate fairways.

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On the par-five 18th Wong hit a perfect drive down the middle of the fairway and his approach landed 10 feet above the pin.

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Rumours emerged early in the championship that the recently crowned Masters winner, who was continually struggling to find Quail Hollow's fairways, had been forced to switch drivers before the year's second major.

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"It's one of those deals where it's frustrating to hit the ball in the middle of the fairway and get mud on it and have no idea where it's going to go," Scheffler said.

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