[2] Fairfield played full-time on the PGA Tour between 1956 and 1963, and won three times.

[4] Fairfield played sparingly on the Senior PGA Tour from 1980 to 1989.

His best result was in his first event, a T-16 at the Atlantic City Senior International in 1980.

Fairfield and his wife, Iris, have two sons, Jim and Jeff; both are golf professionals.

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