Patrick Reed will look to put clear daylight between himself and Rory McIlroy in the Race to Dubai standings in Spain next week.Reed has a 300 point advantage over McIlroy in the season-long competition for the DP World Tour’s Order of Merit with just six tournaments to go.Reed is looking to win the Race to Dubai this seasonGettyHowever, McIlroy was able to close that gap at the BMW PGA Championship recently as he finished second to JJ Spaun while Reed was forced to withdraw with a wrist injury.That issue has also seen Reed pull out of this week’s Alfred Dunhill Links event in Scotland.But the 2018 Masters champion will have the chance to reaffirm his lead over the next fortnight.It has been confirmed that Reed will tee it up for a third consecutive year at the Open de Espana in Madrid next week.He will join Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Shane Lowry, Justin Rose, Ludvig Aberg and defending champion Marco Penge at Club de Campo as the DP World Tour’s purple patch of elite events continues.Reed was T16 in Spain last season and 10th in 2024 so clearly enjoys the event while McIlroy is not listed in the field.But the former Ryder Cup rivals will meet again at the upcoming DP World India Championship in New Delhi.Then the Race to Dubai will be decided at the back-to-back DP World Tour playoff events at the start of November.McIlroy is looking to make history in the Race to Dubai by winning his eighth end-of-season title this year.He has won four in a row and another this autumn would move him level with all-time record holder Colin Montgomerie.McIlroy was runner-up at Wentworth recently to close the gap to ReedGettyCollin Morikawa was the last man to beat McIlroy to the Harry Vardon Trophy and Reed is hoping to become only the second American to win it.Following his exit from LIV Golf, Reed won the Hero Dubai Desert Classic and the Qatar Masters at the start of the year, finished second in Bahrain and Ireland and also performed well at the Masters and PGA Championship.McIlroy, meanwhile, won his second Masters title in April, was third in the Dubai Invitational and runner-up at Wentworth.McIlroy and Reed have had a long-time rivalry, highlighted by their iconic singles match at the 2016 Ryder Cup.But the Grand Slam champion recently hailed his former foe following the hard work he has put in on the DP World Tour since leaving LIV.“He [Reed] is a great competitor, he has played great all year,” McIlroy said. Remaining DP World Tour events this seasonAlfred Dunhill Links ChampionshipOct 1 – 4: St Andrews, Carnoustie, Kingsbarns Golf – $5m purse / 5,000 R2D pointsOpen de EspanaOct 8 – 11: Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Spain – $3.75m purse / 5,000 R2D pointsDP World India ChampionshipOct 15 – 18: Delhi GC, India – $4m purse / 5,000 R2D pointsGenesis ChampionshipOct 22 – 25: Woo Jeong Hills CC, South Korea – $4m purse / 5,000 R2D pointsAbu Dhabi ChampionshipNov 5 – 8: Yas Links GC, Abu Dhabi (playoff event) – $9m purse / 9,000 R2D pointsDP World Tour ChampionshipNov 12 – 15: Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai (playoff event) – $10m purse / 12,000 R2D pointsMcIlroy and Reed have a long and storied historyGetty“I respect him for how he has went about it, coming through here [DP World Tour]. “He has put his head down and done the work, it’s been really good to see.“Unfortunately, he has pulled out this week [at Wentworth], which gives me an opportunity to claw back some ground that I lost last week in Ireland. “This weekend is a big weekend for me to make a few points and make the race even tighter going into these few weeks.”