DeChambeau climbing the board
He's now through 15 and is -5 after opening the round with a double bogey
McCarthy finishes his round
The American finishes his round just one shot shy of Garcia at -6, he's now shot two 69's.
Lunch break for myself
I shall be back with updates in a couple of hours for the tee time of Sergio Garcia.
Right at the pin!
Adam Scott hits an impressive tee shot at the 17th. He has the most birdies on this hole since 2003 and he's on course for another.
Birdie on 17 for DeChambeau
Bryson now joins the pack at -4 with a birdie on the 17th. It's all getting tight at the top. Garcia's round gets underway in three hours time.
Johnson birdies - he's getting going now
He has four birdies in his opening seven holes, but he enters the dangerous 17. If he comes out of that one with a par or better he'll be in good stead to have a fantastic day.
Jason Day entering the -4 category
A birdie at 11 and 13 has allowed the Aussie to go four under and joint second on the leaderboard with Harman, McCarthy, Fitzpatrick and Conners.
Brian Harman (-6) cuts Garcia's lead to one
Harman birdies the 11th and pars the rest as he heads to the 15th
DeChambeau (-1), Morikawa (-1), Johnson (E)
Morikawa had 45 feet for a birdie and nearly made it, it left him with a tap-in for a par to open the day.
Johnson sunk a 14 footer for birdie after a perfect first hole at the ten.
DeChambeau was forced into a 8 footer for bogey, which he missed and was made double-bogey.
DeChambeau, Morikawa, Johnson underway at 10
Johnson has the best birdie look after a precise shot off the fairway. Morikawa also made the green off the fairway but DeChambeau had a rough start as he ends up far left of the green.
Spieth (-1) & Reed (-1) bogey, Rahm par (E)
Spieth had the best shot off the tee with a wonderful angle to push for a birdie but his fairway shot left him over 50 feet out, but he made a three-putt for a bogey.
Reed's tee shot put him far left in the trees then his second found him far right of the green with a poor lie. He chipped out to get a better lie before playing it onto the green for a chance of a five. He made a fantastic putt to manage just a bogey.
Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed and Jon Rahm make their way to the 10th
Spieth, Rahm and Reed are getting ready to start their second round.
Spieth and Reed currently sit at -2 whereas Rahm starts the day at E.
Harman's first hole
A comfortable par for Brian Harman to start the day, he remains two back from the leader Sergio Garcia who gets his round underway at 18:00 GMT.
It wasn't all glory days out there
Garcia's eagle to round off an excellent round
Will we enjoy watching the 17th as much as yesterday?
Some key groups we'll be watching (GMT)
11:56* Brian Harman
12:29* Patrick Reed, Jon Rahm, Jordan Spieth
12:40* Bryson DeChambeau, Collin Morikawa, Dustin Johnson
18:00 Sergio Garcia, Webb Simpson, Rory McIlroy
*10th tee
First round leaders
Sergio Garcia, the 2008 Champions leads the way after a remarkable performance on a first round where many struggled. The Spaniard finished -7 shooting a score of 65.
Brian Harman also impressed yesterday and he finished closest to Garcia. He ended the day -5 (67).
Matthew Fitzpatrick, Corey Conners and Shane Lowry all finished -4 and are three shots back of Garcia.
Welcome!
Welcome to VAVEL UK’s coverage of the 2021 Players Championship. My name is Brad Cox and I’ll be your host for today's second round action. We will provide you with updates, and news as it happens here on VAVEL.com