However, the traditional southern French jeu de mail (pall-mall) and the Dutch kolf, which both involve hitting a ball into a hole with a wooden mallet or stick, each also have their champions who insist that the one or the other is the true ancestor of golf.
此外，法國南方傳統的槌球、荷蘭人玩的「kolf」，都是利用木桿擊球進洞的遊戲，也都有人堅持它們才是高爾夫的始祖。