Robert Lee is part of the Sky Sports commentary team at Augusta for the 81st Masters, and he is hoping for another good year for English players with a record 11 of them in the field this week.
It's fantastic to see 11 Englishmen teeing it up at Augusta National this week. Eleven! That's more than 10 per cent of the entire field, which I think is an incredible achievement for English golf.
We've had a strong British and European presence at Augusta for 35 years now, but to have 11 players just from England this year is a sign of the times.
I spoke to Lee Westwood about it and he's delighted, it makes him feel good because when he played in his first Masters in 1997, it was just him and Nick Faldo from England.
Now he's one of 11, and there's a few youngsters in there like Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tyrrell Hatton and the British Amateur champion Scott Gregory.
Having so many compatriots in the Masters adds an intriguing competitive element as well, they will all be determined to out-do each other, and that can only be a good thing. And if you're the best English player these days, you'll be very high in the world rankings.
Hatton and Fleetwood are making their debuts this year and, of course, history is against them as nobody, apart from Fuzzy Zoeller, wins the Masters on their first appearance.
But Danny Willett managed it on just his second visit to Augusta last year, and he only pitched up on the Tuesday following the birth of his first child. It just shows anything is possible, and Tyrrell and Tommy will take inspiration from that.
Willett proved you don't need to have played a hundred rounds here before being able to contend, and it was the same for Jordan Spieth a year earlier.
Hatton and Fleetwood have both been in excellent form this year, and if they're up there with a sniff on Sunday, then there's no reason why they can't emulate Willett. A couple of birdies at the par fives, and who knows?
Last year's Masters was an amazing success for English golf, with Willett winning and four of his countrymen also making the top 10. That figure is going to be tough to match this week, and even having just a couple in the top 10 would be a very good effort.
Having said that, I'd settle for just one as long as he's the one slipping into a Green Jacket on Sunday evening!
It's so difficult to predict who has the best chance of doing that this year. I've got high hopes for Fitzpatrick, who finished strongly last year with a brilliant 67 in the final round to vault into the top 10 and earn an automatic invite back.
So he's got some form around here, and so has Paul Casey, who has looked in fine touch on the PGA Tour this season. Fleetwood is also playing well, and hits it long and high and favours a draw, which is ideal for Augusta.
Tyrrell Hatton has appeared to be fearless wherever he plays and, crucially, he's been putting extremely well. Historical stats tend to prove that Masters champions and close contenders are flying high in the putting rankings over the week.
I'm torn between Hatton and Fleetwood as leading Englishman this week, and that sounds strange as they're both Masters rookies. But I'm going to go with Fleetwood, call it a gut feeling if you like, but I like his chances this week.
The "under the radar" prospect this week is possibly Ross Fisher, who returns to Augusta National for the first time in four years. He did incredibly well just to get into the top 50 in time to make the cut.
He was ranked in the mid-70s before a tie for fourth in Mexico gave him a chance, and he defied the pressure to win enough matches at the WGC Match Play to get into that all-important top 50 a fortnight ago.
So Ross arrives here in form and full of confidence, and he's been consistent since the back end of last year and carried it over to 2017. Ross has played well here before, and he's definitely a "sleeper" pick for the Masters.