The Punahou boys golf team took to the course in bright yellow hats in the ILH championships at the Hawaii Prince on Wednesday.

The attire was not needed. The Buffanblu showed that their game commands enough attention on its own.

With both players clad in bright yellow Taylor Made bucket hats that could be seen from three fairways away, Punahou junior Paul Samiere beat senior teammate Zachary Braunthal on the second playoff hole to win the league title. Punahou freshman Allisen Corpuz won the girls title by two strokes over senior teammate and defending state champion Kacie Komoto, but they wore a conservative white.

Braunthal went into the final day of the tournament with the lead for the second straight year and again walked out of it with a loss. Samiere started the day two strokes behind Braunthal, but erased the lead on the front nine when the senior hit two shots in the water. Braunthal shook it off, though, and had smooth sailing when Samiere got wet on the 11th hole and took a triple.

"After that I just knew I needed to make a birdie whenever I could," Samiere said. "A lot of stuff goes through my mind, but I was like, ‘I have got to put this behind me and keep moving.’ "

Samiere certainly moved. He birdied four of his final five holes to force the playoff, thanks to two putts of more than 20 feet.

Mid-Pacific’s Skye Inakoshi took third, three shots out of the playoff.

The boys played the first hole of the playoff as similarly as they were dressed. They smoked their drives within 10 feet of each other right in front of the green, then both hit equally bad approach shots. They lagged to within three feet of the cup and tapped in to head to the second playoff hole, a 440-yard par 4.

Braunthal stepped up first and smacked his drive down the left side of the fairway, and Samiere matched him with a slightly longer one but down the middle. When they got to their balls, Samiere was sitting up in the middle of the fairway, while unlucky Braunthal ran through into some ground under repair. He took his free relief, but still had a sidehill lie and the best he could do was knock the ball just short of the green. Samiere took a big divot and plopped his shot within 6 feet of the cup.

Braunthal, who shrugged off mistakes with a better shot all day, chipped to within five feet to force Samiere to have a go at his knee-knocking downhill putt. He three-putted when he played the hole in regulation, but stepped up and sunk it this time and gave a little first pump before Braunthal knocked in his meaningless attempt.

"I was a little nervous, but I knew that putt," Samiere said. "I knew that break."

Samiere caught a ride back to the clubhouse, while Braunthal declined at least five offers for rides and walked back. As he cleared the scene of his worst hole, B9, a teammate shouted a little encouragement.

"Brah," the spectator said. "Win states and nobody will remember who won ILH."

As true as that is, an ILH crown could be a big boost for Samiere, who shot a 72 in the final round for a two-day total of 139. He hasn’t been over 72 since March 6 at Leilehua and has to be considered a favorite at the state championship tournament beginning May 7 at Kaanapali.

"It just means maybe I can tell myself now I am ready for more important things," Samiere said. "This is good for me. I am excited for states, I am trying to focus on the team. I will try my best individually, but Moanalua is going to be really tough competition and it is going to be fun."

Punahou dominated the girls side, getting each of the top six finishers. Corpuz was the medalist with a final round 70 for a two-day total of 143, beating senior Komoto with an eagle at the last. Komoto finished at 145, ahead of Mariel Galdiano (148), first-round leader Aiko Leong (149), Ji Hae Lee (150) and Kristen Le (150).

Corpuz went into her final hole trailing Komoto by two strokes, but she had no idea. Komoto was in the group behind her and as Corpuz was parring the 17th, Komoto double-bogeyed 18 to pull them into a tie.

All the freshman needed was a par to force a playoff or a birdie to win it. She did better than that, blasting a drive to the right side of the fairway that left just 155 yards to the pin. Corpuz calmly pulled the 7-iron out of her bag and stuck her shot in the middle of the green, 12 feet away from the hole. She didn’t know where she stood on the scoreboard, but even if she did it probably wouldn’t have changed her approach.

"Allisen is great, you watch her on the golf course and she looks very bored, not exciting at all," Punahou coach Ed Kageyama said. "She just goes through the day, hits her fairways and greens and makes her putts and goes and adds them up at the end."

Corpuz thought she didn’t get enough of her eagle putt, but the ball kept rolling and died in the hole. Just another day on the course for the freshman, who has not shot lower than 70 or higher than 75 this year, her first in a team setting.

"Especially since it is my first year, just being on a team, it’s special," Corpuz said. "It’s different. It’s really fun. It teaches you to throw away the bad rounds and focus on the positive."

The Buffanblu can’t expect to have as easy a time at states, since few of their players have played at Kaanapali before. They plan on getting there early and scoping things out as much as they can, though. The Buffanblu lost to ‘Iolani at states last year to end a run of five straight state crowns.

"It’s obviously not our home course," Kageyama said. "Some of the girls have never seen it before, but we’ll get them ready and go for it."