Even though Nelly Korda is having a historic season, she knew there would be ups and downs.

“My God, January and like the win in Bradenton…I feel like I’ve lived nine lives since then,” Korda told the Annika on Wednesday. “So much has happened since that victory.”

Over the past 10 months, the world number 1 has won five consecutive events, joining Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sörenstam (2005) as the only LPGA players to do so, including a major at the Chevron Championship. Korda also won LPGA Player of the Year—even before the end of the season.

But a hurdle arose heading into the latter part of the season. In October, the 26-year-old injured her neck during practice and was forced to withdraw from the LPGA Asian swing. However, shortly before that, Korda said she suffered from migraines during the Solheim Cup and the following week at the Kroger Queen City Championship.

“The only way it didn’t hurt was to sleep in a dark room,” Korda said. “I think that just led to my injury.”

Now, however, the time spent prepares her to finish the season strong.

“Luckily, no more pain,” she said.

Korda hopes to finish the season by winning her first race at the CME Globe, the LPGA season title. The penultimate event of the year, the Annika, takes place at the Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida, near where Korda grew up.

And this event has been circled on his calendar.

“I didn’t really play too much golf,” she said. “I think I’ve been playing for a week and a half. I really, really wanted to play this week, so in a way maybe I rushed my rehab to get to these two events because they were important to me to play in front of a home crowd here and for the championship the season in Naples. I really want to be ready for this.

His lead in the points race throughout the season is almost double that of second-placed Haeran Ryu. But despite the recent setback, Korda, who was appointed earlier this month advertised as SI swimsuit modelhopes to finish his long year on a good note, even if his injury has tempered his expectations.

“I’m going to do my best,” she said. “I’ll go out and obviously the No. 1 goal behind my head lifts the trophy on Sunday.

“But I’m just happy to be here and see how it’s going.”