Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig goldenwest.com. NS
Answer
goldenwest.com. 4 NS ns1.ispservices.us.
goldenwest.com. 4 NS ns2.ispservices.us.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.ispservices.us. 4 A 64.251.188.85
ns2.ispservices.us. 4 A 64.251.189.85
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0