The world No 1 arrives at Le Golf National hoping to arrest a sudden downturn in form after smashing records earlier in the year with a run of six wins in seven events.
Korda became the first LPGA Tour player to win six times in a single season since 2016 Olympic champion Park In-bee in 2013 with victory at the Americas Open in May.
The American had previously won five successive titles, including her second major triumph at the Chevron Championship.
But a disaster at the US Open, the lowlight a 10 on a par-three hole, was the first of three straight missed cuts and she could only finish tied-26th at the Evian Championship in July.
"The game of golf is a funny game," she told reporters on Monday.
"Sometimes you feel on top of the world and in a matter of a couple seconds, you just feel like you're on the bottom of the sea.
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