LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CTL DURING LNDG CAUSED A LIGHT ACFT TO EXIT THE RWY SURFACE.

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I WAS FLYING VFR FROM QUINCY; IL; AT XA00 AM; SEP/FRI/95; FOR A FLT TO TERMINATE AT GLENS FALLS; NY. THE RTE OF FLT WAS PLANNED VIA KANKANKEE AND STOP FOR REFUELING AT FORT WAYNE. I RECEIVED A WX BRIEFING ON THURSDAY; AND ON FRIDAY; FROM FLT SVC WITH FORECAST TO BE VFR THE ENTIRE RTE. THE WX BECAME TURBULENT BELOW SCATTERED TO BROKEN CLOUDS. AT FORT WAYNE; I WAS CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 32. THE WIND WAS GUSTY IN THE HEAT. ON MY LNDG; A STRONG GUST CAUSED LIFT AND DSCNT; AND THE NOSEWHEEL TOUCHED FIRST ON A HARD BOUNCE. I APPLIED PWR TO AVOID A FURTHER BOUNCE; AND EXECUTED A GAR. I WAS CLRED FOR A SECOND LNDG WHICH WAS EXECUTED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY; ALTHOUGH THE WIND WAS STILL GUSTY. WHEN THE NOSEWHEEL TOUCHED; IT BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER THE ACFT; AND CAUSED THE ACFT TO GO OFF THE RWY INTO THE SOD; WHERE I STRUCK A RWY LIGHT. I WAS THEN ABLE TO TAXI BACK WITH FORCEFUL BRAKING AND CONSIDERABLE PWR. WITH LOW TIME IN THE ACFT; I WAS NOT SUFFICIENTLY FAMILIAR WITH ITS PROPER HANDLING IN SUCH GUSTY CONDITIONS; AND WILL TAKE APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL TRAINING.