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Fairway University is a university that Lori attends. It first appeared in the episode "Driving Ambition."

Description[]

Fairway University was established in 1857.

It is stated to be three hours from Royal Woods and just a few miles outside Great Lakes City. While shown that it gives a standard college education, most of it is shown to be golf-related.

Appearances[]

The Loud House[]

"Driving Ambition"[]

While playing golf with her high school's varsity gold team, Lori's coach, Coach Hutch, informs Lori that because she's impressed with her golfing skills, she invited Fairway University's head coach, Coach Niblick, to come and watch her play. Lori is surprised by this news, since Fairway is her dream college. While trying to sharpen her skills, she suddenly loses her ability to play properly because of her increasing anxiety of making a good impression. After some training, Lori gets her skills back, but once she starts playing the championship game, the presence of Coach Niblick causes Lori's anxieties to kick in, and cause her to fall to last place. After being encouraged by Rita and Lynn Sr. that something good will happen no matter the outcome, Lori regains her confidence and successfully rises to the top of the scoreboard. Coach Niblick, who was initially going to leave after seeing Lori's poor playing skills, is impressed by her real skills, and offers her a spot on his team.

"Can't Hardly Wait"[]

While getting the mail, Lori discovers that Fairway University has sent her the course catalog. As she reads through it, Lynn Sr. gets emotional, saying that he can't bear the idea of his eldest daughter leaving for college. When Lynn Sr. prepares to head off to work at his restaurant, Lori points that he needs to hire more workers, and the two realize that this opportunity is perfect for them, since Lynn Sr. can spend more time with Lori, while Lori states that working there could get her the money needed for college.

"Don't You Fore-get About Me"[]

While giving the kids their mail, Lynn Sr. discovers that there's a letter to Lori from Fairway University. Lori reads it and says that class registration is next week. When Lori expresses some hesitance that she's not sure whether Fairway suits her, Rita takes this opportunity to spend their day touring the campus. However, Leni is revealed to be worried, since she fears that once Lori leaves for college, she won't be able to do the activities they used to do together anymore. While touring the campus, Leni tries to dissuade Lori by pointing out negatives, but Lori points out the things wrong with her claims. When Leni says that her plan isn't working, she decides that if she can't convince Lori not to go college, she'll make Lori look bad that the college won't let her. After some failed attempts, Leni decides to make Lori look bad in front of Coach Niblick, who agrees to revoke Lori's scholarship. As the family prepares to leave, Lori says that she got a phone plan that would allow for endless chats with Leni. This causes Leni to admit that she got Lori's scholarship revoked, saying that she was worried about her leaving and never being able to do things together anymore. Despite being furious at first, Lori calmly tells her that it's not too late to stop Coach Niblick from revoking it. Arriving to Niblick's office, Leni tells him not to revoke Lori's scholarship, and he agrees after seeing the real Lori putt a ball into a cup effortlessly.

"Schooled!"[]

When the new school semester starts, Lori is shown to packing her things to depart for college. After packing everything into her newly acquired car, her teary-eyed family embrace her with a hug and watch her depart for Fairway University, with Lynn Sr. clutching onto the back and begging her not to go. Arriving to the college's dormitory, Lori tries to find a floor to live on. She first tries the Quiet Floor, but discovers that she can't do a single thing without the other students constantly shushing her for the slightest noise she makes. She then moves to the Driving Range Floor, but can't tolerate the other students, who constantly fling golf balls from room to room, making going through the hall extremely dangerous. She then goes to the Caddy Floor, but her caddy constantly observes her, making her uncomfortable. She then goes to the Sand Trap Floor, where the closet is filled with sand that starts to flood the room. This causes Lori to break down, saying that she can't find a good place to stay in the dorm. After arriving back home, Lori ponders if she can take three hour trips every day, but after being inspired by Lincoln telling his friends that the best thing to do is to make the most of the current situation, she proceeds to head back to Fairway. Lori, after arriving back to Fairway, arrives to the Water Hazard Floor, which is full of water and has a live alligator swimming. Despite this, Lori, following Lincoln's words to make the most of the situation, decides to stay on this floor.

"The Boss Maybe"[]

With Lori in college, Leni has to take on the role of being the responsible oldest sibling in the Loud House. When Leni becomes overwhelmed by the antics of her younger siblings while trying to babysit them, Lola comments that if Lori were babysitting them, she could've easily solved all their problems. This gives Leni the idea of calling up Lori for advice on how to babysit the siblings. However, Lori is in the middle of her classes when Leni calls her up, and despite being called at the worst possible time, Lori agrees to help her. During the first two phone calls, Lori gives good advice to Leni, but during the third call, which was made during the middle of a class lecture, her phone is confiscated by her professor, leaving Leni to solve problems on her own.

"Ghosted!"[]

While preparing for the Petoskey Open tournament, Lori has several encounters with a ghost that seems to be haunting her and cannot concentrate. She has Lincoln and Clyde use their ARGGH! expertise to banish the ghost, and they succeed in doing so. The next day, she finds her fellow team members struggling in practice, and learns that the ghost is actually Fairway's good-luck charm, the late alumnus Shanks Bogey. Realizing what she has done, she calls Lincoln to come over and bring Shanks back, telling him that without Shanks, she will have to leave Fairway. Lincoln instead has Lucy and the Morticians Club help Lori. The Morticians (except Boris, who ends up joining the college's cheerleading team) help Lori in trying to bring Shanks back, but as Lucy runs out of ideas, they discover through a disco ball broken during their last idea that Shanks is waiting in the university's cemetery. Knowing she was responsible for Shanks's departure, Lori heads over to the cemetery alone to bring him back. Back at the cemetery, Lori manages to win Shanks's trust with a few practice rounds. When she learns he is unwilling to come back, she informs him of the tournament, and leaves. The next day, however, Shanks comes back and helps Lori win the tournament.

"Season's Cheatings"[]

Lori is busy studying for her finals when the Louds have their annual family gift-swap. Lincoln calls her while disguised as Rita to convince her to get him a Rip Hardcore backpack, but learns that she is so busy she can only offer a Fairway mug as a gift.

"Lori Days"[]

Lori chats with her family through her smartphone from the university. Lori's friend Marisa suggests her to just visit her family.

"Diss the Cook"[]

Believing that Lori was responsible for Chef Pat's behavior towards the Loud family that involved serving them unpalatable meals for lunch, Lincoln and Lynn call Lori to come home from college and apologize to Chef Pat for the incident that caused her to get unwashable soup stuck in her hair since they believe that to have been the ultimate cause.

"Dine and Bash"[]

Rita visits Lori for Mother-Daughter Golf Day.

"Crashed Course"[]

While investigating a prank package sent by Ronnie Anne, Lincoln and Lisa discover Lori's progress report and, upon reading her low scores, worry she is failing college. After explaining what they found to the other siblings, they head over to Fairway and sabotage any distractions Lori may have to get her back on track with studying. However, the next progress report shows her scores getting lower, so the siblings come back to Fairway and distract Lori while Lisa, Lincoln, Lynn, and Lana disguise themselves as Lori to take her next test for her. Unfortunately, they discover the reason Lori's scores were so low was because all her tests were games of golf, and lower scores are better in golf, meaning Lori was actually doing great in school. The other siblings are informed about the mix-up and rush Lori back to college while Lincoln's group tries to stall the test, but Coach Niblick fails Lori for taking too long. However, thanks to some convincing from Lana (and an alligator she named Anthony), Lori is able to pass her test.

"Stroke of Luck"[]

When Lori is practicing her golf, she amazingly scores a hole-in-one on every hole of the course, giving her a perfect 18. However, she notices that the golf ball she used has a logo printed on it from Lisa. Lori calls her and realizes that Lisa had rigged the golf ball to automatically target the nearest flag, revealing that her perfect score was not genuine. Lori tries to come clean, but is hailed by the staff and students for her feat. Coach Niblick even sets up a demonstration, but when Lori cannot find her golf ball in the cleaning room, she brings several buckets of them. None of them work, so Lori finally admits the truth and makes amends to everyone, despite none of them saying she has to.

"Pranks Fore Nothing"[]

Fairway University engages in the annual Prank Week against another college named Sand Trap University, which comes with a catch that whichever college loses has to clean the winner's toilets for a month. Not wanting to lose the prank war, Lori enlists the help of Luan to prepare her and her teammates, Ewan, Marisa and Raj, for the prank war. After being educated about the three basic types of pranks, the Fairway U students attempt to prank the Sand Trap U students numerous times, only to become doomed by the same types of pranks they attempted to set for their rivals. While the Fairway students soon begin to believe they will inevitably be defeated, Lori decides to exploit Luan's quote that anything can be a prank, so the Fairway U students ultimately prank the Sand Trap U students by making them believe they had set up booby traps on every single hole of their golf course. The Sand Trap U students fall for this ultimate prank, and Lori exploitingly counts each individual hole as its own entity, enabling Fairway University to win the prank war.

"Homeward Bound[]

The Casagrandes[]

"Tee'd Off"[]

Bobby visits Lori at the university. Bobby suspects Lori found a new love, Ewan, so he tries to win her back. After several failed attempts to make Ewan look bad, Carl decides that Bobby should challenge Ewan to a game of golf. Knowing Bobby couldn't beat him, Carl and Sergio decided to help Bobby cheat by making Ewan look bad. After Bobby wins, Coach Niblick decides to give Ewan's scholarship to Bobby. However, Ewan reveals he already has a fiancé, causing Bobby to confess what he did. Lori then admits she would never leave him, and Niblick allows Ewan to stay.

Films[]

A Loud House Christmas[]

Towards Christmas at Royal Woods, Lori calls her family to inform them that she cannot join them for Christmas because she has exams coming up at college and a golf tournament two days after Christmas. Seeking to reunite his family for Christmas, Lincoln anonymously sends Lori Lynn Sr.'s figgy pudding, causing her to get nostalgic and call Bobby to send her back home.

The Really Loud House[]

Home Is Where the Hero Is[]

While practicing for a tournament against Smacktauk University, Lori gets mocked by one of the school's top athletes, Taylor Wedge, who intimidates her to the point where she ends up chickening out of the tournament and driving home. Upon arriving home, Lori lies that the equipment manager, Rain, has forfeited the game, but Lynn eventually discovers the truth after talking to Taylor over the phone. She then trains Lori to regain her confidence about participating in the tournament, and after Lori has fully regained her confidence, she returns to the tournament and drives the winning shot.

Graphic novels[]

Back to School Special[]

Lori is seen waiting in several lines at the university, joining the Action News Team as they sample the buffet, and giving gifts to her sisters when they visit her in college.

School members[]

Staff[]

Main articles: Fairway University/Staff, Fairway University/Staff/Live-action

Current Students[]

Main articles: Fairway University/Students, Fairway University/Students/Live-action

Alumni[]

  • Shanks Bogey
  • Frances Krutz
  • Anne Green
  • Billy Hunt
  • Myles Karshall
  • Mabel Hull

Rivals[]

  • Petoskey Open
  • Par College[note 1]
  • Sand Trap University
  • Smacktauk University

Gallery[]

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Trivia[]

  • Most of the staff members tend to have some sort of golf pun in their names.
    • Coach Niblick - a niblick is an iron with a heavy, lofted head, such as a nine-iron, used especially for playing out of bunkers. This type of club is now considered obsolete.
    • Shanks Bogey - a combination of two things. A shank is when the golfer hits the ball with the hosel (the socket of a golf club head which the shaft fits into), and a bogey is one stroke over par (the predetermined requirement of strokes for a hole).
  • The university itself also has a large number of golf puns:
    • A fairway is the place on the putting green where the ball must land in order for best performance in motion when putted.
    • The quiet floor is a reference to how silence is needed in order for concentration in golf.
    • The driving range floor is a reference to a driving range, which is where golfers can practice their swings.
    • The caddy floor is a reference to a caddy, which is a person who carries around a golfer's clubs and provides moral support.
    • The sand trap floor is a reference to bunkers, which are sand traps placed in a golf course.
    • The water hazard floor is a reference to water traps, which are places on a golf course that are filled with water.
  • The university is located approximately three hours away from Royal Woods.[1]
  • Lori is the first student in its history to score a perfect 18.[2] However, this was due to her using Lisa's flag-seeking golf ball instead of a regular golf ball.
  • The name of the school golf team is the Birdies.[1]
  • The school has a Mother-Daughter Golf Day.[3]
  • The school has a Plaid Club and tacos every Tuesday.[4]

Notes[]

  1. The official plot outline for "Pranks Fore Nothing" states that Fairway U is having a prank war with Par College, but the college's name in the episode itself is "Sand Trap University". It is unknown if Par College actually exists within the show's continuity.

Sources[]


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