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my problem i do have is a 190-200 yard shot, i cant reach with a hybrid or iron but hit approx 210 with 5 wood, i just do not feel i am connecting with 4 iron correctly.
what do you guys think

I hit my 5 wood just over 200, although I have been known to run on greens 220 or more. For some inexplicable reason my 4 iron is the best club in my bag (old Callaway super-game-improvement iron, Big Bertha 2002)...and I can get 190+ out of it, which is effectively the same as my hybrid. I think the design of the club has some relevance and the fact it is 1/2" longer also.
I think you are asking a lot to play "all" the distances between 5 wood and 4 iron...what sort of rescue do you have?

It's a no win sometimes (club distances), if your hybrid doesn't fill the gap, you might like to try a 7 wood even.

I don't hit the ball far (although it's acceptable) so I've always tried to find a selection of clubs to suit my individual style/swing. I interchange between hybrid and 4 iron a lot. Off a nice lie and the tee, the 4 iron wins. Otherwise, I hit a rescue. If I have 190-200 yards, I'll weight up my options. If I can be long, I'll probably just hit a 5 wood (I have been way through the back of a few holes!!!), if it has to be short......you get the idea.

Since using a skycaddie, my choices have been far more reliable. I had 190 to the flag the other day, but only 176 to the front. I didn't even try to smash the 4 iron, just swing tidy and sneak the ball between the bunkers. I was told "long" was no good at all. In the end, I connected a peach, flew the full distance, was just right of the green (sadly, I'd pushed it ) but pitched a SW to 2 inches for a tap-in par.

I try to play par/bogey/par/bogey golf and if 190 or 200 is the distance, I just accept it'll take a piece of luck (or wicked striking).......I have been known to lay up from 195 to just short of the green (S.I. 1 at mine) to avoid the deep, deep, sideways-only bunkers. Pitch and putt for a 4 ( ) or pitch and 2-putt for a 5 nett 4 ( ). I'm not Lee Westwood, bogeys are cool with me on long holes.