Punahou’s Mariel Galdiano knows how you feel.

Just because the phenom has won two straight state championships doesn’t mean she doesn’t get as nervous as everybody else. It probably helps that she doesn’t feel the nerves until she has a tournament all but wrapped up.

"It was pretty good until the last hole," Galdiano said. "My hands were shaking, so I missed my par putt. It reminded me of the first shot of the last round last year when I was nervous and messed up my drive. Everyone has nerves. It is natural for a golfer."

Galdiano shot a 68 at Turtle Bay’s Fazio Course on Tuesday to beat teammate Aiko Leong by two strokes and win her second straight state title. Galdiano entered the second round two shots behind Iolani’s Keilyn Ing, but erased that deficit just two holes into the final round. She started out birdie-birdie, while Ing parred her first two and bogeyed the third and struggled to a 75 after shooting a 68 in Monday’s first round.

Galdiano cruised to the finish from there, collecting a birdie on 14 before bogeying the last. She figured she had the title sewn up by then, but she didn’t know what Leong was doing in front of her.

Leong played holes 13-14-15 in 4 under par with three one-putts, but bogeyed her next hole to take her out of contention and pretty much hand it to her steady sophomore teammate. Leong matched Galdiano with a 68, but shot a 72 on the first day.

"I really didn’t expect to shoot 68," Leong said. "I knew I would probably have to shoot 65 to win, (Galdiano) is a really solid player, it’s really good that we have her on the team because it lets us compete with her."

The last time the state championships were on the Fazio Course, only one girl broke par. This year, nine rounds beat the course, led by Galdiano’s 70-68.

"She has a different game," Punahou coach Ed Kageyama said.

Galdiano joins Kristina Merkle of Moanalua (2008-09) and Anna Umemura of Punahou (1994-95) as the only repeat state champions. Umemura won three titles, but no girl has ever won three in a row. Galdiano, who won by seven strokes last year, has two more years to match or pass her.

"I feel like this one I worked harder for it," Galdiano said. "Grinding it out, getting birdie on the first two holes and holding onto it. I was just focused on playing, getting things into my head is not always the greatest thing for me."

Punahou repeated as the team champion, coming from behind to beat Iolani by three strokes. The Buffanblu have won seven of the past eight state titles and, with sophomores making up the core of the team, they are set up well into the future. Punahou defended its championship without Allisen Corpuz, who was third at the state last year but did not compete this year because of injury. Punahou’s 426 score from its top four golfers is the lowest since the tournament began in 1994. Iolani’s 429 would have been the lowest in the tournament’s history, but the 2012 champions picked the wrong year to go low.

"I think they felt pretty good about where they were," Kageyama said minutes after dodging an ice-water bath from his students. "Coming from that position I think they were pretty determined and pretty confident they could make up the strokes against Iolani."