Scottie Scheffler backed up his flawless opening round at The CJ Cup Byron Nelson with a bogey-free 63 after firing an eagle at the par-5 18th and adding six birdies in his back nine after resuming play following a weather delay.
“Feeling good. I had two nice days. We’ll see how the scores shake out as more guys come in,” said the American.
“Overall, very pleased with how I played. Yeah, pretty good. Go home, get a little bit of rest, and get ready for tomorrow.”
Scheffler currently leads by six strokes with play suspended overnight due to darkness, it would be the largest 36-hole lead in tournament history (previous, 5 strokes/Jason Kokrak/2017). The largest 36-hole lead this season so far was 4 strokes
“The golf course was pretty wet, but overall I think it recovered nicely. We got a good amount of rain today, and we got a good amount of rain on Wednesday as well. I thought the golf course held up nice. The greens were pretty good still,” added Scheffler.
His 124 marks his best 36-hole total on the PGA Tour. He shot his previous best of 127 at the 2019 The Greenbrier where he finished T7. He shot 128 at the 2023 CJ Cup Byron Nelson en route to a T5 finish. 18-under marks his best 36-hole score in relation to par. He had previously shot 16-under at the 2024 Sentry.
Scheffler is one stroke shy of the all-time 36-hole opening score on Tour (since 1983) recorded by Justin Thomas at the 2017 Sony Open in Hawaii.
The 28-year-old Texan seeks his 14th win in his 139th start on Tour. He last won at the 2024 Tour Championship.
Scheffler started the week No. 7 in the FedExCup standings. He has finished in the top 25 in each of his eight starts on Tour in 2025 (best finish: T2/Texas Children’s Houston Open).
Fort Worth native Sam Stevens is bogey-free through 36 holes for the first time in his 82nd start on Tour. He lies in second place at 12-under after a second-round 65.
American PGA Tour rookie Ricky Castillo carded a 66 and lies in third place at 11-under with Venezuelan Jhonattan Vegas in fourth place one shot behind after closing with a 69.
Preferred lies were in effect for the second round. Round two was suspended at 9:46 a.m. CT due to lightning and resumed at 4:01 p.m., a delay of 6 hours, 15 minutes.
Play was suspended due to darkness at 8:06 p.m. and is scheduled to resume at 7:15 a.m. Saturday with 18 players yet to begin round two. Rain on Friday: 0.88.
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| Pos, | Player | To Par | Thru | Round | R1 | R2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | -18 | F | -8 | 61 | 63 | 124 |
| 2 | Sam Stevens | -12 | F | -6 | 65 | 65 | 130 |
| 3 | Ricky Castillo | -11 | F | -5 | 65 | 66 | 131 |
| 4 | Jhonattan Vegas | -10 | F | -2 | 63 | 69 | 132 |
| T5 | Eric Cole | -9 | F | -2 | 64 | 69 | 133 |
| T5 | Andrew Putnam | -9 | F | -2 | 64 | 69 | 133 |
| T5 | Chandler Phillips | -9 | F | -3 | 65 | 68 | 133 |
| T5 | Erik van Rooyen | -9 | F | -4 | 66 | 67 | 133 |
| T5 | Adam Schenk | -9 | F | -4 | 66 | 67 | 133 |
| T5 | Niklas Norgaard | -9 | F | -4 | 66 | 67 | 133 |
| T11 | Mark Hubbard | -8 | F | -6 | 69 | 65 | 134 |
| T11 | Joseph Bramlett | -8 | F | -3 | 66 | 68 | 134 |
| T11 | Nico Echavarria | -8 | F | -5 | 68 | 66 | 134 |
| T11 | Patton Kizzire | -8 | F | -1 | 64 | 70 | 134 |
| T11 | Sam Burns | -8 | F | -4 | 67 | 67 | 134 |
| T16 | Vince Whaley | -7 | F | -5 | 69 | 66 | 135 |
| T16 | Sungjae Im | -7 | F | -3 | 67 | 68 | 135 |
| T16 | Taylor Dickson | -7 | F | -2 | 66 | 69 | 135 |
| T16 | Brandon Matthews | -7 | F | -2 | 66 | 69 | 135 |
| T16 | Kevin Roy | -7 | F | -3 | 67 | 68 | 135 |
| T16 | Alejandro Tosti | -7 | F | -4 | 68 | 67 | 135 |
| T16 | Ben Martin | -7 | 7 | -2 | 66 | - | 66 |
| T16 | Rico Hoey | -7 | 7 | +1 | 63 | - | 63 |
| T16 | Cameron Champ | -7 | 4 | Par | 64 | - | 64 |
| T16 | Michael Thorbjornsen | -7 | 2:37 PM | 64 | - | 64 | |
| T26 | Doug Ghim | -6 | F | -4 | 69 | 67 | 136 |
| T26 | Alex Smalley | -6 | F | -4 | 69 | 67 | 136 |
| T26 | Danny Walker | -6 | F | -3 | 68 | 68 | 136 |
| T26 | Si Woo Kim | -6 | F | -2 | 67 | 69 | 136 |
| T26 | Jordan Spieth | -6 | F | -4 | 69 | 67 | 136 |
| T26 | Camilo Villegas | -6 | F | -5 | 70 | 66 | 136 |
| T26 | Patrick Rodgers | -6 | F | -4 | 69 | 67 | 136 |
| T26 | Will Gordon | -6 | F | +1 | 64 | 72 | 136 |
| T26 | Isaiah Salinda | -6 | F | -3 | 68 | 68 | 136 |
| T26 | Ross Steelman | -6 | F | -2 | 67 | 69 | 136 |
| T26 | Rikuya Hoshino | -6 | F | -2 | 67 | 69 | 136 |
| T26 | Ryan Fox | -6 | 6 | -1 | 66 | - | 66 |
| T26 | Rafael Campos | -6 | 5 | Par | 65 | - | 65 |
| T26 | Stephan Jaeger | -6 | 4 | +1 | 64 | - | 64 |
| T26 | Mackenzie Hughes | -6 | 5 | Par | 65 | - | 65 |
| T26 | Davis Riley | -6 | 3 | -1 | 66 | - | 66 |
| T26 | Sam Ryder | -6 | 2 | -2 | 67 | - | 67 |
| T26 | Rasmus Højgaard | -6 | 2:37 PM | 65 | - | 65 | |
| T44 | Henrik Norlander | -5 | F | -4 | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| T44 | Webb Simpson | -5 | F | -1 | 67 | 70 | 137 |
| T44 | Jake Knapp | -5 | F | -2 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T44 | Nate Lashley | -5 | F | -2 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T44 | Beau Hossler | -5 | F | -3 | 69 | 68 | 137 |
| T44 | Nicolai Højgaard | -5 | F | -2 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T44 | Ben Kohles | -5 | F | -2 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T44 | Antoine Rozner | -5 | F | Par | 66 | 71 | 137 |
| T44 | Max McGreevy | -5 | F | Par | 66 | 71 | 137 |
| T44 | John Pak | -5 | F | -4 | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| T44 | Sami Valimaki | -5 | 6 | Par | 66 | - | 66 |
| T44 | Kurt Kitayama | -5 | 3 | Par | 66 | - | 66 |
| T44 | Karl Vilips | -5 | 3 | +1 | 65 | - | 65 |
| T44 | Matt McCarty | -5 | 4 | Par | 66 | - | 66 |
| T44 | Matteo Manassero | -5 | 2 | Par | 66 | - | 66 |
| T44 | William Mouw | -5 | 2:15 PM | 66 | - | 66 | |
| T44 | Paul Waring | -5 | 2:26 PM | 66 | - | 66 | |
| T44 | Thomas Rosenmueller | -5 | 2:37 PM | 66 | - | 66 | |
| T62 | Ryan Gerard | -4 | F | Par | 67 | 71 | 138 |
| T62 | Taylor Pendrith | -4 | F | Par | 67 | 71 | 138 |
| T62 | Tom Kim | -4 | F | -5 | 72 | 66 | 138 |
| T62 | Nick Watney | -4 | F | -2 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| T62 | Martin Laird | -4 | F | -3 | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| T62 | Kaito Onishi | -4 | F | -5 | 72 | 66 | 138 |
| T62 | Norman Xiong | -4 | F | -2 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| T62 | Trevor Cone | -4 | 17 | -3 | 70 | - | 70 |
| T62 | Trace Crowe | -4 | F | +1 | 66 | 72 | 138 |
| T62 | Justin Lower | -4 | 8 | -1 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T62 | Byeong Hun An | -4 | 6 | -1 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T62 | Chris Gotterup | -4 | 3 | -1 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T62 | Kevin Yu | -4 | 2 | Par | 67 | - | 67 |
| T62 | Nick Hardy | -4 | 2 | Par | 67 | - | 67 |
| T62 | Trey Mullinax | -4 | 2 | +2 | 65 | - | 65 |
| T62 | Thorbjørn Olesen | -4 | 2:26 PM | 67 | - | 67 | |
| T62 | Pierceson Coody | -4 | 2:26 PM | 67 | - | 67 | |
| T62 | Takumi Kanaya | -4 | 2:54 AM | 67 | - | 67 | |
| Projected Cut line | |||||||
| T80 | Chesson Hadley | -3 | F | -3 | 71 | 68 | 139 |
| T80 | Aaron Baddeley | -3 | F | +2 | 66 | 73 | 139 |
| T80 | Luke List | -3 | F | -2 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
| T80 | Kevin Tway | -3 | F | -2 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
| T80 | Seamus Power | -3 | F | Par | 68 | 71 | 139 |
| T80 | Lanto Griffin | -3 | F | +1 | 67 | 72 | 139 |
| T80 | Mac Meissner | -3 | 6 | Par | 68 | - | 68 |
| T80 | Joel Dahmen | -3 | 5 | -2 | 70 | - | 70 |
| T80 | Ben Griffin | -3 | 5 | -1 | 69 | - | 69 |
| T80 | Cam Davis | -3 | 3 | -1 | 69 | - | 69 |
| T80 | Adam Svensson | -3 | 3 | +1 | 67 | - | 67 |
| T80 | Harry Hall | -3 | 3 | -1 | 69 | - | 69 |
| T80 | David Skinns | -3 | 2 | +1 | 67 | - | 67 |
| T80 | Jesper Svensson | -3 | 2:54 AM | 68 | - | 68 | |
| T94 | Ryan Palmer | -2 | F | +1 | 68 | 72 | 140 |
| T94 | Dylan Wu | -2 | F | Par | 69 | 71 | 140 |
| T94 | Francesco Molinari | -2 | F | +2 | 67 | 73 | 140 |
| T94 | Paul Peterson | -2 | F | +1 | 68 | 72 | 140 |
| T94 | Kevin Velo | -2 | F | -1 | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| T94 | Taylor Montgomery | -2 | F | Par | 69 | 71 | 140 |
| T94 | Jeremy Paul | -2 | F | -2 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| T94 | Victor Perez | -2 | 7 | +1 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T94 | Charley Hoffman | -2 | 7 | +2 | 67 | - | 67 |
| T94 | Carson Young | -2 | 7 | +1 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T94 | Chez Reavie | -2 | 5 | Par | 69 | - | 69 |
| T94 | Brice Garnett | -2 | 4 | +1 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T94 | Matt Kuchar | -2 | 3 | Par | 69 | - | 69 |
| T94 | Sung Kang | -2 | 2 | -1 | 70 | - | 70 |
| T94 | Cristobal Del Solar | -2 | 2:15 PM | 69 | - | 69 | |
| T94 | Kris Ventura | -2 | 2:26 PM | 69 | - | 69 | |
| T94 | Quade Cummins | -2 | 2:26 PM | 69 | - | 69 | |
| T111 | Brian Campbell | -1 | F | Par | 70 | 71 | 141 |
| T111 | Matti Schmid | -1 | F | -3 | 73 | 68 | 141 |
| T111 | Braden Thornberry | -1 | F | -1 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
| T111 | Harry Higgs | -1 | 5 | +2 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T111 | Austin Eckroat | -1 | 5 | Par | 70 | - | 70 |
| T111 | Emiliano Grillo | -1 | 3 | -1 | 71 | - | 71 |
| T111 | Lee Hodges | -1 | 3 | +1 | 69 | - | 69 |
| T111 | Patrick Fishburn | -1 | 2 | Par | 70 | - | 70 |
| T111 | Harrison Endycott | -1 | 2:26 PM | 70 | - | 70 | |
| T120 | Aldrich Potgieter | Par | F | +2 | 69 | 73 | 142 |
| T120 | Hayden Buckley | Par | F | +1 | 70 | 72 | 142 |
| T120 | Bobby Massa(a) | Par | F | -5 | 76 | 66 | 142 |
| T120 | Greyson Sigg | Par | 7 | -1 | 72 | - | 72 |
| T120 | James Hahn | Par | 5 | -1 | 72 | - | 72 |
| T120 | Ben Silverman | Par | 2 | Par | 71 | - | 71 |
| T120 | Jackson Suber | Par | 1 | Par | 71 | - | 71 |
| T120 | Philip Knowles | Par | 2 | -1 | 72 | - | 72 |
| T120 | Jacob Bridgeman | Par | 1 | Par | 71 | - | 71 |
| T120 | Noah Goodwin | Par | 2:15 PM | 71 | - | 71 | |
| T120 | Tim Widing | Par | 2:15 PM | 71 | - | 71 | |
| T120 | Mason Andersen | Par | 2:54 AM | 71 | - | 71 | |
| T132 | Zach Johnson | +1 | F | -1 | 73 | 70 | 143 |
| T132 | Anders Albertson | +1 | F | -1 | 73 | 70 | 143 |
| T132 | Scott Gutschewski | +1 | 6 | -1 | 73 | - | 73 |
| T132 | Kevin Kisner | +1 | 1 | +1 | 71 | - | 71 |
| T132 | Hayden Springer | +1 | 2:15 PM | 72 | - | 72 | |
| T132 | Will Chandler | +1 | 2:54 AM | 72 | - | 72 | |
| T132 | Vince Covello | +1 | 2:54 AM | 72 | - | 72 | |
| T139 | Matt NeSmith | +2 | 7 | +1 | 72 | - | 72 |
| T139 | Zac Blair | +2 | 6 | +5 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T139 | David Lipsky | +2 | 5 | +2 | 71 | - | 71 |
| T139 | Ryo Hisatsune | +2 | 1 | Par | 73 | - | 73 |
| T139 | Frankie Capan III | +2 | 2:37 PM | 73 | - | 73 | |
| T139 | Kris Kim(a) | +2 | 2:37 PM | 73 | - | 73 | |
| T145 | Chan Kim | +3 | F | +2 | 72 | 73 | 145 |
| T145 | Chad Ramey | +3 | 6 | +4 | 70 | - | 70 |
| T145 | Taylor Moore | +3 | 3 | Par | 74 | - | 74 |
| T145 | Tommy Morrison(a) | +3 | 2:37 PM | 74 | - | 74 | |
| T145 | Matthew Riedel | +3 | 2:54 AM | 74 | - | 74 | |
| T150 | Seungbin Choi | +4 | F | +1 | 74 | 72 | 146 |
| T150 | Peter Malnati | +4 | 3 | +1 | 74 | - | 74 |
| T152 | Christo Lamprecht | +5 | F | Par | 76 | 71 | 147 |
| T152 | Nelson Ledesma | +5 | 2:15 PM | 76 | - | 76 | |
| 154 | Gabe Reynolds | +6 | F | +1 | 76 | 72 | 148 |
| 155 | Noah Kent(a) | +7 | F | +1 | 77 | 72 | 149 |
| W/D | Matt Wallace | - | - | - | 72 | - | 72 |
