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Particularly with the wedges i find that if i focus too much on taking a divot in front of the ball i end up hitting it off the hosel. I think this may be because i'm a swinger and i'm actually trying too much to "hit" the ball

Frustrating as i can get the hands well forward but it's always ending in hosel rockets or best case blocks to the right

I'm trying to avoid any deliberate roll feel of the hands as supposedly they are just clamps and i shouldn't be doing anything to square the face?

Any thoughts?

Sounds like you are well under plane. Check with a flashlight by tracing a straight plane line, and/or take some slow motion backswings with your back up against a wall (or about a foot or two away at most). If you are indeed under plane, you would actually need to feel quite a roll to compensate for it. Once you get back on plane, the roll feel won't be as obvious, or as needed.