Smith leaves it too late in Chinese LPGA

Sarah Jane Smith has shot a final round 65 in the Reignwood LPGA Classic in China won by South Korea's In-Kyung Kim.

South Korea's Mi Jung Hur has a one-shot lead in the LPGA event in China. (AAP)

Australia's Sarah Jane Smith has produced the one of the rounds of the day as In-Kyung Kim won the Reignwood LPGA Classic in China.

Smith fired an eight-under par 65 in a round which included nine birdies and a lone bogey before finishing in a tie for 12th on Sunday.

Fellow Australian Su Oh finished in a tie for 16th.

The 28-year-old Kim closed with a 7-under 66 at Reignwood Pine Valley, rebounding from a bogey on the par-5 ninth to win her fourth LPGA Tour title and first since the 2010 Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Mexico.

She led a South Korean sweep of the top three places.

Kim finished at 24-under 268, a stroke ahead of third-round leader Mi Jung Hur and 2014 winner Mirim Lee in the first tournament in the tour's six-event Asian Swing.