And we don't believe that we're going to have any difficulty in persuading other nations to agree with us that this is quite a serious, serious matter.
Mr Gummer tells us it was hard work persuading the Department of Transport to make the figures public and he says he now intends to raise the matter with ministers repeatedly.
As well as bringing back the pre-2000 policy of awarding Masters invites to US Tour winners, Payne has also revived an Augusta tradition last seen in 2002 by persuading Arnold Palmer to serve as an honorary starter this year.