McKINNEY, Texas >> Scottie Scheffler still has a six-shot lead at his hometown CJ Cup Byron Nelson after the rest of the field completed the weather-delayed second round on Saturday.

The top-ranked player is 18 under with the low round each of the first two days, a 10-under 61 followed by a 63 that was interrupted halfway through by a six-hour weather delay. Scheffler’s 36-hole lead is the biggest in Nelson history.

Sam Stevens, a native of nearby Fort Worth now living in Wichita, Kansas, also finished his second round on Friday. He is 12 under after consecutive 65s. Stevens is bogey-free through two rounds for the first time in his 82 PGA Tour starts.

Defending champion Taylor Pendrith finished a round of 71 on Friday and missed the cut on the number at 4 under.

Jordan Spieth played the first two rounds with Scheffler, his fellow hometown favorite and former University of Texas golfer. Spieth closed with two birdies over his final four holes to get to 6 under.

Davis Riley makes cut at Byron Nelson after penalty

Davis Riley eagled his final hole to make the cut on the number at the Byron Nelson on Saturday after the PGA Tour’s first two-stroke penalty in the experimental use of distance measuring devices.

Riley self-reported the violation on No. 17, his eighth hole, when his distance finder flashed a slope measurement, which isn’t allowed. This is the third of four weeks that players are allowed to use the devices to measure distance as the tour tries to address pace-of-play issues.

The 28-year-old Dallas resident made an 11-foot putt for eagle on the par-5 ninth to finish 5 under. Hometown favorite Scottie Scheffler was 18 under and held a six-shot lead after 36 holes.

Riley said he knew immediately it was a slope number that popped up on his device as he used it. He talked to a rules official while still on the par-3 stadium hole at TPC Craig Ranch in the Dallas suburbs.

“Unfortunately, it was just kind of one of those moments where your heart sinks a little bit, like you’re just throwing away two shots,” Riley said. “We certainly have a trial period here with this, and I know the USGA is trying to do something about the range finder and the pace of play.”

It’s not the first time Riley has self-reported a two-stroke penalty. He did it in the final of the 2013 U.S. Junior Amateur, against Scheffler no less, when his ball moved as he addressed a birdie putt on No. 16. The resulting bogey gave Scheffler a 3 and 2 victory.

Riley said he and his caddie had checked to make sure the slope measurement wasn’t turned on, and that it was accidentally engaged when he took the device out of its case.

Riley at least kept himself in this tournament with a clutch shot from 223 yards on his final hole. He will be the defending champion later this month at the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial in nearby Fort Worth.

Jim Dent dies at age 85

Jim Dent grew up in the caddie yards of Augusta, Georgia, eventually working at the Masters and honing his game at the municipal course known as “The Patch.” He went on to become one of the PGA Tour’s longest hitters and one of the top Black golfers of his generation.

Dent died on Friday at age 85, a week before his birthday, his grandson posted on Facebook. The PGA Tour said on its website that Dent suffered a stroke the day after Augusta National announced plans for Tiger Woods to design a par 3 course at The Patch.

Dent worked hard enough on his game that he entered a few United Golfers Association tournaments, a league devote to Black players, moved to California and took lessons from former U.S. Open champion Johnny Goodman.

He finally earned his PGA Tour card through qualifying school in 1970, and while he never won on tour, he kept a full schedule of at least 22 tournaments for the next 16 years. His best result was in the 1972 Walt Disney World Open Invitational, when he trailed Jack Nicklaus by two shots going into the final round. Nicklaus shot 64 and won by nine.

Dent won the Michelob-Chattanooga Gold Cup Classic in 1983, a Tournament Players Series event for players who were not fully exempt — the tour had gone to the all-exempt tour that year instead of the majority of the field going through Monday qualifying.

Dent never met any of the qualifying criteria to play in the Masters, but he made the cut in eight of the 11 majors he played — six at the PGA Championship, five at the U.S. Open.

He was best known for his prodigious length, and Dent won the inaugural World Long Drive Championship in 1974.

After turning 50, he won 12 times on the PGA Tour Champions. Al Geiberger said after Dent shot 64 to win his first Champions event, “Jim Dent ought to be outlawed (for) the way he can hit the ball.”