BLUF: No, I don't carry a 5 iron.
Even though I've been playing since I was 15 (and I'm 66 now), I came back from a 10 year layoff in early 2022. So I pulled my Ping i3 blades out of storage, knocked the dust off, and headed for the range. I quickly realized my days of hitting deadly lasers with my long irons were in the rear view mirror. 3 and 4 iron just weren't going to happen, and the 5 iron was running about a 20% acceptable rate. Luckily, my buddy at work (who nagged me for 3 years to get my clubs out and start playing again) also worked on Saturdays at our local golf store. He had already gotten me into a Ping G30 driver to replace my old TM driver from the late 90's. One weekend I went into the shop and he handed me a TM SIM2 MAX 5 hybrid and shoved me into the simulator. It's been in my bag ever since, along with a matching 4 hybrid I added a couple months later and a matching 3 hybrid I added two weeks ago (bye bye 7 wood). They're much easier to hit than the corresponding irons, fly higher, land softer, and give me infinitely more confidence. Longest iron in my bag now is a 6.