McIlroy holed an 11-foot eagle putt on the second and 4 additional birdies left the Irish duo in a share of second place on 14 beneath after 12 holes.
Nonetheless, McIlroy missed the inexperienced along with his method on 13 as they dropped a stroke and additional photographs went on the final two holes once they had been unable to seek out the greens in regulation.
Saturday’s spherical will revert to the fourball format earlier than Sunday’s foursomes finale.
“Tomorrow will probably be exhausting to remain affected person as a result of the fourball format you simply must attempt to make as many birdies as you may,” added the Masters champion.
Velo and Salinda lead their fellow US gamers Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak by one shot, with Danish twins Rasmus and Nicolai Hojgaard an extra stroke off the tempo.
English pair David Skinns and Ben Taylor share fifth spot 4 off the tempo after firing a 67 on Friday with their compatriot Aaron Rai and US participant Sahith Theegala one shot additional again.
Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre and his Belgian accomplice Thomas Detry share sixteenth place within the group that features McIlroy and Lowry after firing a 69 on Friday.
The fourball aspect sees each gamers hitting their very own ball with the most effective rating counting, whereas gamers take alternate photographs with one ball within the foursomes.
