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Has anyone ever played a Krank driver at all? I know that they are for long drive competitions but they also make a model that is supposedly USGA conforming?

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Been looking at them.  The Formula 11 Pro’s look to be conforming clubs.  I recently fell in love with hitting driver after years of leaving it in the trunk.  My goal now is to just smash the Living heck out of every tee shot with it.  When I don’t go full bore I hit it OB... for now.

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42 minutes ago, Kenny B said:

I have always liked the looks of the Krank, but they haven't performed well in MGS Most Wanted testing in the past.  

Thats what I was interested in was if MGS even tested them to begin with. Also I have never been a fan of the looks myself they seem very big, blocky, and boxy.

Driver:  :titleist-small: TSR3 8°, set to A1, Graphite Design UB 7X 

3 Wood: :taylormade-small:SIM 3 Wood 15°, Aldila Rouge Silver 7X

3 Hybrid: :mizuno-small: CLK 18°, Ventus Blue 8S

2 Utility: :srixon-small: ZX Utility, LA Golf Tour AXS Blue, (15th club)

4i-AW:  :srixon-small:ZX7, Tour Issue Dynamic Gold 120's S400

56°: :Sub70: TAIII, Dynamic Gold S400

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I swung a Krank Formula 5 back in 2014...it didn't last but a few rounds. I would probably say the biggest issue was the shaft and on top of that, the club isn't as forgiving as what you might find in a typical TM or Callaway driver. They're fun in theory but not so much on the tee box. 

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2 hours ago, ZMendle10 said:

Thats what I was interested in was if MGS even tested them to begin with. Also I have never been a fan of the looks myself they seem very big, blocky, and boxy.

It's been 5 years or so since they participated.

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Got it.

Driver:  :titleist-small: TSR3 8°, set to A1, Graphite Design UB 7X 

3 Wood: :taylormade-small:SIM 3 Wood 15°, Aldila Rouge Silver 7X

3 Hybrid: :mizuno-small: CLK 18°, Ventus Blue 8S

2 Utility: :srixon-small: ZX Utility, LA Golf Tour AXS Blue, (15th club)

4i-AW:  :srixon-small:ZX7, Tour Issue Dynamic Gold 120's S400

56°: :Sub70: TAIII, Dynamic Gold S400

60° :Sub70: TAIII, Dynamic Gold S400

Putter: :L.A.B.: Mezz1 Max

Ball: :bridgestone-small: Tour BX

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8 hours ago, txgolfjunkie said:

I swung a Krank Formula 5 back in 2014...it didn't last but a few rounds. I would probably say the biggest issue was the shaft and on top of that, the club isn't as forgiving as what you might find in a typical TM or Callaway driver. They're fun in theory but not so much on the tee box. 

It sounds like they just don't have the consistency or forgiveness to warrant the use of any potential extra distance gains that are to be had. 

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3 Wood: :taylormade-small:SIM 3 Wood 15°, Aldila Rouge Silver 7X

3 Hybrid: :mizuno-small: CLK 18°, Ventus Blue 8S

2 Utility: :srixon-small: ZX Utility, LA Golf Tour AXS Blue, (15th club)

4i-AW:  :srixon-small:ZX7, Tour Issue Dynamic Gold 120's S400

56°: :Sub70: TAIII, Dynamic Gold S400

60° :Sub70: TAIII, Dynamic Gold S400

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This was from the summer

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35 minutes ago, Nolan220 said:

 

This was from the summer

Thank you for this. This is exactly the kind of forum that I was looking for. I ended up following it as well.

Driver:  :titleist-small: TSR3 8°, set to A1, Graphite Design UB 7X 

3 Wood: :taylormade-small:SIM 3 Wood 15°, Aldila Rouge Silver 7X

3 Hybrid: :mizuno-small: CLK 18°, Ventus Blue 8S

2 Utility: :srixon-small: ZX Utility, LA Golf Tour AXS Blue, (15th club)

4i-AW:  :srixon-small:ZX7, Tour Issue Dynamic Gold 120's S400

56°: :Sub70: TAIII, Dynamic Gold S400

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No experience with them, but fwiw all of their drivers used in official long drive comps have to be USGA conforming.  The non-conforming stuff is purely a marketing move to sell more product.

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32 minutes ago, JohnSmalls said:

No experience with them, but fwiw all of their drivers used in official long drive comps have to be USGA conforming.  The non-conforming stuff is purely a marketing move to sell more product.

That alone makes their entire product and business seem super sketchy

Driver:  :titleist-small: TSR3 8°, set to A1, Graphite Design UB 7X 

3 Wood: :taylormade-small:SIM 3 Wood 15°, Aldila Rouge Silver 7X

3 Hybrid: :mizuno-small: CLK 18°, Ventus Blue 8S

2 Utility: :srixon-small: ZX Utility, LA Golf Tour AXS Blue, (15th club)

4i-AW:  :srixon-small:ZX7, Tour Issue Dynamic Gold 120's S400

56°: :Sub70: TAIII, Dynamic Gold S400

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anytime someone mentions a krank driver i think of this movie

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  • 3 weeks later...

I've been playing a Krank Rage for 10 years and stick with it mostly because I can keep it in play.  I've also had the Element and both frankly are quality clubs and I feel they did a nice job fitting me over the phone but my next driver (in the next few months most likely) will be something I've been fitted for after hitting so it likely won't be a Krank.  

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  • 1 year later...

I just purchased a Formula 11 driver. I've been on the range twice and played twice. No great difference so far compared to my older Taylormade. The head is heavier as I believe it is all metal. I did hit a few that seemed longer but not enough to make a statement. It could be firm/dry fairways but not the 20 yards that thought I'd see. 

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  • 7 months later...

Several years ago I experimented with other LD heads (Bang, SMT, etc) with 47” regular/stiff shafts. What I realized was the LD heads were designed primarily to NOT CAVE IN at those enormous swing speeds that LD competitors generate. That extra mass at the face did nothing for golfers with “normal“ SS’s & probably produced much lower CT/COR.

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  • 8 months later...

I purchased a 5 deg Krank Formula Fire LD earlier this summer.  My swing speed is 125-132, and that was plenty enough to cave the sole on both the original head and the replacement head that Lance Reader graciously replaced for free.

The head weighs 198 grams without the adapter, which is 10 grams heavier than other LD heads I have played.  I purchased it with the Fujikara Flywire in 2X at 48”.  The club was delivered at an E6 swingweight, which is unhittable.  I counterbalanced the shaft with 25g and still had to tip it over an inch to get it playable.  This made it too heavy to achieve even 125 mph swing speed without losing control.

in the end, it hits about 15 yds less than my 8 degree 46” TaylorMade Sim 2 that I use for normal play. It’s clear that this is simply a heavier/de-lofted version of the non-conforming high COR that Krank makes for high-handicap/low swing speed golfers.  Frankly, the build quality is poor, and there’s no way that a low handicapper with swing speeds above 105 can make any practical use of this club head.  It’s a draw biased, high spin head that’ll you whipping duck hooks once you swing it above 125 mph, that is until you cave it in.

I like Lance, but unfortunately these clubs are more of a conversation piece than anything you would want in your bag.  I saw a picture of Bryson with the same club, but I can’t see any way it could be effective in tournament play, or even competitive at WLD without some major tweaks to the chassis.

 

 

 

 

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