Silvis, IL (My Sportsbook) - Darron Stiles fired a six-under 65 on Saturday to take the lead at 13-under-par 129 at the midway point of the John Deere Classic.

Steve Stricker carded a 10-under 61 to move from a tie for 80th to second place at minus-10 at the TPC Deere Run.

Jerry Kelly (64) and Tim Petrovic (67) share third at nine-under 133.

The second round was completed on Saturday after inclement weather washed out all of Friday's action. The plan is to play both the third and final rounds on Sunday.

"It's the nature of the beast. We've all done it before, and we're gonna do it again at some point. What's one more time?," said a philosophical Stiles.

He began on the back nine Saturday, but didn't break into red numbers until the par-four 13th. Stiles knocked a six-iron to 15 feet and cashed in on the birdie chance.

Two holes later, Stiles once again hit another strong six-iron approach shot. He hit it to three feet and rolled in the birdie putt, but found trouble at 16 and bogeyed the hole.

Once Stiles made the turn, he caught fire and vaulted up the leaderboard.

At the first, Stiles made a 15-footer for birdie. He made it two in a row at the par-five second when he got up and down from a greenside bunker for birdie.

He parred his next two, but finished off his round strongly to get the comfortable cushion.

Stiles hit an eight-iron to five feet to set up birdie at the fifth. He once again hit an eight-iron at the sixth, but sent his shot over the green. It didn't matter to Stiles. He chipped in for birdie, then ran home a 10-foot birdie putt at seven for his third in a row.

Stiles parred his last two for his third 36-hole lead on the PGA Tour.

"Today feels more satisfying than the first round did even though the first round score was lower," said Stiles. "Tomorrow's gonna be a long day. See if we can do it for the 11, 12 hours that we're gonna be out there tomorrow."

Stiles won four times in his Nationwide Tour career, but has yet to break through on the PGA Tour. In fact, this has not been a year to remember for Stiles. He has participated in 11 tournaments this year and has one withdrawal, a tie for 34th in New Orleans and nine missed cuts.

"The swing really hasn't been the issue all year. It's been more thinking about the swing in my head," acknowledged Stiles, who was a first-round co- leader.

Stricker had an amazing first nine, the back side at Deere Run. He netted five birdies and eagled the par-five 17th when he holed out a wedge shot from 93 yards.

He continued his strong play with back-to-back birdies at the first and second holes. Stricker bogeyed the third after a three-putt, but after birdies at four and six, that magical number in golf, 59, popped into Stricker's head.

"It entered my mind twice," Stricker admitted. "After I made birdie at No. 2 to get to nine-under, then again when I made birdie at, I guess that would be No. 6, to get to 10-under. I had essentially three holes to play to make two birdies.

"It entered my mind, but yet I tried to play smart too and not get crazy and do anything out of my norm. But it did enter my mind."

First-round co-leader and two-time U.S. Open champion Lee Janzen (70), Ryan Palmer (64), Brandt Snedeker (67), Scott Verplank (64), Scott McCarron (66), Greg Owen (67), Kirk Triplett (67), J.J. Henry (69) and Jason Day (68) share fifth at eight-under 134.

Defending champion Kenny Perry carded his second three-under 68 in as many rounds and is part of a group tied for 21st at seven-under 135.

U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover shot a one-under 70 and finished at three- under 139, which was the 36-hole cut line.

Ricky Barnes, Tom Lehman, David Duval and David Toms all missed the cut.