In-Kyung Kim wins LPGA event in China

South Korea's In-Kyung Kim has won the LPGA Tour event in China by one shot.

In-Kyung Kim won the Reignwood LPGA Classic in Beijing for her first LPGA Tour victory in six years, making a late eagle and a birdie to lead a South Korean sweep of the top three places.

The 28-year-old Kim shot a seven-under 66 at Reignwood Pine Valley, holing a 25-foot eagle putt on the 16th and a 12-footer for birdie on the 18th for her fourth tour title and first since the 2010 Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Mexico.

She also won a Ladies European Tour event last month in Germany.

Kim finished at 24-under 268, a stroke ahead of third-round leader Mi Jung Hur and 2014 winner Mirim Lee in the Asian Swing opener.

Playing a group behind Kim in the final threesome, Hur missed a chance to force a playoff when her eagle chip from the back fringe went a foot right.

`I feel good that I was able to play how I wanted to play. Even the result, I really try not to focus on result so much," Kim said.

Kim made up for a bogey on par-5 ninth - she went for the green in two and ended up short in the water - by playing the other four par 5s in five under.

She made the eagle on 16 and birdied 6, 12 and 18 and also birdied the par-4 15th in her late run.

Sarah Jane Smith was the best-placed Australian, finishing in a tie for 12th at 14 under after a final round 65.


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