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McIlroy holed an 11-foot eagle putt at the second and four further birdies left the Irish duo in a share of second place on 14 under after 12 holes.<\/p>\n
However, McIlroy missed the green with his approach on 13 as they dropped a stroke and further shots went at the last two holes when they were unable to find the greens in regulation.<\/p>\n
Saturday’s round will revert to the fourball format before Sunday’s foursomes finale.<\/p>\n
“Tomorrow it will be hard to stay patient because the fourball format you just have to try to make as many birdies as you can,” added the Masters champion.<\/p>\n
Velo and Salinda lead their fellow US players Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak by one shot, with Danish twins Rasmus and Nicolai Hojgaard a further stroke off the pace.<\/p>\n
English pair David Skinns and Ben Taylor share fifth spot four off the pace after firing a 67 on Friday with their compatriot Aaron Rai and US player Sahith Theegala one shot further back.<\/p>\n
Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre and his Belgian partner Thomas Detry share 16th place in the group that includes McIlroy and Lowry after firing a 69 on Friday.<\/p>\n
The fourball element sees both players hitting their own ball with the best score counting, while players take alternate shots with one ball in the foursomes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n