PENN TWP — Producing a score under one's age is a source of pride in golf.

For this foursome, it's almost a daily occurrence.

“Every day,” Cranberry Township resident Herb Weiss said, smiling. “Of course, we have plenty of leeway.”

Weiss is 93. He plays golf regularly with North Hills residents Frank Vacheri, 91, and Ralph Meyer, 92, and Tom Schorr, 90, of Allison Park.

They play nine holes together as often as four days a week, usually at North Park.

“Unless we're traveling a decent ways ... then we're going to play 18. It's not worth it to just play nine,” Vacheri said.

Such was the case Friday at LakeVue North Golf Course. The quartet had not played a round together there before, but discovered added motivation to do so that day.

LakeVue North owner Greg Szazynski allows anyone age 90 or older to play his golf course free of charge. He's had that rule in effect for three years.

“We found out about that a couple of weeks ago,” Weiss said of the unique offer. “We decided to come out and try it.”

Plenty of golfers have — just not four at one time.

“We've had golfers that old out here playing for free, but it's usually one person in that group,” said Kristen Granico, who checks the golfers in as they arrive at LakeVue.

“We've never had an entire foursome of 90-year olds like this. Never. I think it's great. I hope I'm able to do what these guys are doing when I'm 90.”

The foursome has been playing golf together for nearly 50 years. Combined, they've been playing golf for approximately 250 years.

Vacheri and Meyer are widowed. Schorr has been married 69 years, Weiss for 67.

Do the wives mind their husbands being out on the golf course so much?

“They love it, actually,” Weiss said, laughing.

Vacheri and Schorr both owned and ran bake shops. When Schorr retired from his, he helped Vacheri for a while. Vacheri only stopped working a couple of years ago.

“We've all become good friends. We enjoy each other's company, on the golf course and off,” Schorr said.

And they've been on many golf courses.

“We play all over the place,” Meyer said. “We used to play 18 holes all the time. That's a bit more challenging now.”

Vacheri said he shoots around 50 for a nine-hole round these days. Meyer can shoot around 45.

Weiss can still shoot a 38 or 39 for nine holes on a fairly consistent basis.

“I've been doing this for a while,” he said.

While they have played a number of courses, they will only go so far.

“We don't want to travel too far away,” Weiss said. “We want to stay safe that way.”

They've certainly stayed active.

“I started playing golf in 1951 ... 70 years ago,” Vacheri said. “The game is certainly different now than it was then.”

A wider variety of golf clubs, balls that travel farther, modernization of golf carts — this group has been through it all.

But for them, the game has stayed the same.

“There's nothing like being on a golf course with friends,” Schorr said. “We practically feel like brothers.”