A CIRRUS SR20 ATP PLT SUFFERS A PROP STRIKE ON AN ABORTED LNDG AND GAR WITH GUSTY WINDS AT 6A2.

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ON THE MORNING OF SEP/MON/04; I WAS TAKING MY SR20 TO THE GRIFFIN SPAULDING COUNTY ARPT FOR SOME WARRANTY PAINT WORK. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL CLR DAY; BUT SINCE THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME TO THE ARPT; I FILED AN IFR FLT PLAN. THE DEST AWOS RPTED THE WINDS TO BE 080 DEGS AT 8 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 20 KTS; SO I REQUESTED A GPS APCH TO RWY 14. THE ATC CTLR WAS PRETTY BUSY SO; WHEN I HAD THE RWY IN SIGHT; I CLOSED MY IFR FLT PLAN AND SWITCHED TO CTAF. THE RIDE BELOW 3000 FT WAS VERY ROUGH; SO I FLEW THE INITIAL APCH WITH AN EXTRA 15 KTS OF AIRSPD TO ASSESS CONDITIONS AT THE ARPT. I CONTINUED TO A MISSED APCH AND TURNED DOWNWIND TO LAND. THERE WAS A STAND OF TREES ON THE N SIDE OF THE APCH END OF RWY 14 THAT DID A GOOD JOB OF BLOCKING THE GUSTY WINDS IN THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE. THE LNDG TOUCHDOWN WAS SMOOTH; HOWEVER; APPROX 100-200 FT INTO THE LNDG ROLL; A STRONG GUST LIFTED THE ACFT INTO THE AIR IN A L WING AND NOSE HIGH POS. I IMMEDIATELY INITIATED A GAR; BUT WHEN THE WIND GUST SUDDENLY STOPPED; THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN NOSE FIRST AND THE PROP STRUCK THE RWY. THE SR20 HAS ONLY 7 INCHES OF PROP CLRNC. I CONTINUED THE MISSED APCH; AND ON THE NEXT LNDG; I SLOWED THE ACFT DOWN RAPIDLY BEFORE ROLLING OUT FROM THE PROTECTION OF THE TREES. I SUSPECT THAT THE WINDS WERE GUSTING IN EXCESS OF WHAT WAS BEING RPTED BY AWOS. WHAT WOULD I DO DIFFERENTLY? I WOULD SLOW THE ACFT DOWN RAPIDLY AS I DID ON THE SECOND LNDG OR RETURN TO MY HOME BASE INSTEAD OF LNDG UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. I CONSIDERED LNDG AT ANOTHER ARPT IN THE ATLANTA AREA; BUT RULED THAT OPTION OUT SINCE THEY ALL HAD THE SAME CONDITIONS. WHILE I HAD ENOUGH FUEL TO RETURN TO MY HOME BASE; I WOULD HAVE ARRIVED THERE (50-55 MIN FLT) WITH ONLY 4 GALLONS IN EACH TANK AND IT WAS LIKELY THAT THE SAME CONDITIONS WOULD EXIST THERE BY THE TIME I ARRIVED.