McIlroy carded an eagle and five birdies to offset two bogeys, and narrowly missed out on a second eagle when he lipped out a putt of less than four feet on the par-five 16th hole.
The Briton found the groove on his drives and fired away at the pins, knocking several approach shots close.
"I saw a lot of positive things out there," McIlroy said. "I felt like I drove the ball great on the last few holes and hit some great approach shots."
A birdie at the second hole followed by an eagle at the par-five third helped put McIlroy in the right frame of mind.
"Three-under through three holes gave me a little bit of a boost today," he said.
Earlier, Holmes had tore up the front nine to sit pretty at the top of the leaderboard after the morning section of play.
The 30-year-old Kentuckian, who has returned well after undergoing brain surgery last September, birdied the second and third holes and ran off four straight birdies from the sixth.
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