Operators · Builders · Investors

We build things that win.

Golf courses, venues, brands, and the systems behind them. A Tampa-based operating company running four Florida golf properties, an event venue, and two consumer wellness brands.

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Golf courses managed
100K+
Annual rounds
$6M+
Annual revenue
$1.5M
Profit on last exit
Portfolio

Our ventures

Seven operating businesses across golf, hospitality, and direct-to-consumer wellness — each run on the same thesis: own the customer, price by demand, and build systems that let a small team run a large footprint.

Golf · New Smyrna Beach
The Club at Venetian Bay

Championship golf minutes from the Atlantic. Full-service clubhouse, weddings and tournaments, and a membership built for players who want a real club without a real club's attitude.

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Golf · Inverness
ZenWoods Golf Club

Play replicas of Augusta's 12th, Sawgrass's island green, and Royal Troon's Postage Stamp in one round. Stadium-lit night golf, Toptracer bays, and the Tap In Tavern when you're done.

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Golf · Ridge Manor
ZenOaks Golf Club

Hernando County's oldest course, reborn. Eighteen holes under mature oaks between Tampa and Orlando — with night golf, a new tavern, and upgrades rolling out now.

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Golf · Dunnellon
ZenSprings Golf Club

Toptracer range, full practice facility, and the Tap In Tavern kitchen and bar. Built for golfers who want to actually get better — and everyone they bring along.

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Events · Brooksville
115 Main

A restored downtown landmark built for the day you'll remember. Weddings, receptions, corporate dinners, and private parties — one striking room, full in-house catering and bar, and a team that runs it so you don't have to.

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Wellness · Ecommerce
ZenBodi

Infrared-roasted coffee, clean protein, and daily supplements — plus Kids Cafe, a caffeine-free latte kids actually ask for. Built on better ingredients, not better marketing.

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Wellness · Ecommerce
Monavie.shop

The original açaí blend that started it all — 19 fruits, cold-pressed, no added sugar. One bottle, one daily ritual, three decades of people swearing by it. Now shipping direct, at direct pricing.

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Acquisitions & Partnerships

Selling a course? Let's talk before you list it.

We acquire and operate golf properties, event venues, and consumer brands across Florida. We move quickly, we don't need a broker to explain the business to us, and we've been on both sides of a closing table.

If you own a property that's underperforming — or you're ready to exit and want it to land somewhere it'll be run well — start a conversation.

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01
Operating experience, not just capital

Four courses, a venue, and two consumer brands run day to day — not a portfolio managed from a spreadsheet three states away.

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A proven turnaround playbook

Rebrand, capital improvements, and operational overhaul — the same sequence that produced a $1.5M profit on the Space Coast exit in six months.

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Revenue built on direct relationships

Yield management, direct booking, membership growth, and F&B turnarounds — reducing dependence on third-party tee time platforms.

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Systems that scale a small team

Practical automation and AI across reporting, marketing, and decision-making — so a lean team runs a large footprint without adding headcount.

About

Operators at the core

Gary Mancini
Gary ManciniFounder & Operating Partner

Gary Mancini builds and operates businesses that have to perform in the real world — where revenue shows up daily, payroll is real, and the numbers don't care about the strategy deck.

Today Gary Mancini & Co. operates four Florida golf properties, a restored downtown event venue, and two direct-to-consumer wellness brands — more than 100,000 rounds and $6M+ in annual revenue across the portfolio. Every property runs on the same operating thesis: own the customer relationship, price by demand rather than habit, and build systems that let a small team run a large footprint.

The approach is proven on the exit side too. At Space Coast Golf Course, a full rebrand, course improvements, and operational overhaul produced more than $1.5M in profit on a sale closed within six months — the same playbook now running across the current portfolio.

That work spans yield management and direct booking strategy, food and beverage turnarounds, membership growth, venue and event programming, and DTC ecommerce and wholesale distribution. Increasingly it also means putting practical AI to work — automating reporting, marketing, and decision-making across properties instead of adding headcount.

Gary also advises golf operators and owners on the same problems he solves in his own portfolio: underperforming F&B, third-party tee time dependence, aging membership bases, and acquisitions worth doing.

Open to conversations about golf course acquisitions and management, venue and hospitality partnerships, wellness brand distribution, and operator advisory work.

Get in touch

Let's talk.

Acquisitions, partnerships, investment, consulting, or general inquiries — messages come straight to our team and get a real reply.

Gary Mancini & Co.
Tampa, Florida
office@garymancini.com
352.587.2233