Good point. In fact, Tiger Woods is about to win about 7 figures in La Jolla today, and I’m guessing it won’t go unnoticed by a bean counter in Sacramento.
OTOH, (and a surprising error for the WSJ) the article OVERSTATES the impact of state taxation, because it does not account for the deductability of state and local taxes off the federal return.
That's why all the blue state senators don't wantr to see that change as part of a tax-reform package