A total of 22 countries took part in Nick Faldo Event and the individual entry added up to 108.

The winners of each category will now take part in next year's Faldo Series Asia Championship.

Faldo ran into McIlroy last year in South Africa during the early stages of planning.

Prasad became the third Indian to win the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final, after Rashid Khan and Abhijit Chadha.

East Sussex National are new hosts in the 20th year of Faldo Series events.

Faldo twice had to go to hospital to get the bizarre wound glued before his second round.

Earlier, the world No.3 had been accused by Faldo on US TV of being "useless" and having a "bad attitude" during defeat six years ago.

The new hopefuls will all try to qualify and possibly emulate the success of Pauline Del Rosario and Princess Mary Superal, who completed a Filipino 1-2 in the Girls' division at the 2014 Faldo Series Asia Grand Final.

"I enjoyed watching the duel between Pauline and Princess at our Asia Grand Final in March, it was a fitting testament to how far golf in the Philippines has come," said Sir Nick Faldo. "We look forward to returning to the Faldo Course at Eagle Ridge for the seventh edition of our Philippines Championship."

Run by British golfing legend Nick Faldo, this, the third, edition of the championship will take place across March 23 and 24 and is open to young golfers aged between 12 and 21.

OLIVER CARR from Heswall is the 2009 Under-16s Faldo Series champion, the title that was a key win in the career of some of golf 's biggest names.

"A good pair of eyes," CBS golf analyst Nick Faldo said this week as he prepared for the 54th consecutive year of CBS coverage of the Masters.