They both peaked at around the same time. And, while possessing incredible skills, they were very different as players and as people. Snead's swing was sweet and natural while Hogan's looked as though it had been constructed, bolt by bolt, in his garage. Hogan had a way of irritating the Slammer in return. While most people hung on Snead's every swing and one-liner, Hogan basically ignored him.
Hogan is remembered by historians as being a dark, taciturn sort.
But, oddly enough, fans, sympathetic over his nearly fatal collision with a bus in 1949, always cast him in a white hat. Snead, however, also wore white. Among the public he was far more outgoing, and among sportswriters he was eminently more quotable. Snead was a showman. Hogan was an enigma.