English teenager Georgia Hall has followed the advice tattooed on her wrist to claim a wire-to-wire one-stroke victory in the women's Victorian Open at 13th Beach.
Hall carded a two-under-par 71 in Sunday's final round, finishing at 11-under 281.
Denmark's Nanna Madsen (69) and defending champion Marianne Skarpnord from Norway (70) were tied for second on 282.
Whenever the pressure of sitting atop the leaderboard threatened to become overwhelming for the 19-year-old Hall, she looked at the words "deep breath" inked on her right wrist.
"It's to remind me to take my time and not rush," said Hall.
"With golf I sometimes do that, I rush the swing or rush a decision.
"Its meaning for me is to try and take my time.
"If I take my time then I'm going to get it more right than if I rush it.
"It helps me out and I can have it in my mind constantly."
The spoils of the biggest victory of Hall's burgeoning career include a $45,000 winner's cheque and a guaranteed start in the women's Australian Open at The Grange in Adelaide later this month.
"This was four days of constantly trying to keep calm," she said.
"Finally I can relax and that's the main thing.
"You're leading the whole time and you've always got to concentrate."
Su Oh was the leading Australian in a tie for fifth at 288, having carded a final round of one-under 72.
Tournament drawcard Karrie Webb improved every day and ended the tournament in a tie for 11th after an impressive closing round of five-under 68.
"There was definitely some rust there and being unfamiliar with the course it wasn't a good recipe for lots of confidence," said the seven-time major winner, who will take next week off before returning to action at the Australian Open.
"But as the week went on everything improved, my short game was really good and I made some putts today."
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