Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig neverlayupgolf.com. NS
Answer
neverlayupgolf.com. 5 NS ns1.neverlayupgolf.com.
neverlayupgolf.com. 5 NS ns2.neverlayupgolf.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.neverlayupgolf.com. 5 A 139.64.172.138
ns2.neverlayupgolf.com. 5 A 209.212.157.220
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0