Ryu dials down the stress and learns to win again

FILE PHOTO: Ryu So-yeon of South Korea smiles after her tee shot on the seventh hole during the third and final round of the women's Evian Championship golf tournament in Evian September 15, 2013. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

(Reuters) - A year after experiencing the double-edged sword of becoming world number one, Ryu So-yeon has learned to like herself again, she said as she prepared for this week's KPMG Women's PGA Championship outside Chicago.

Ryu arrived at last year's Women's PGA as the newly-crowned number one, but the increased expectations she placed on herself ended up being a burden that the South Korean acknowledged she did not easily handle.